Why do people think it's ok to put your window shade down on the plane?

[Anonymous]

I heard it’s bad for your skin. There’s bad UV lights or something up that high. Pilots wear sunscreen.

[Anonymous]

What's rude is someone reaching over you to close the window without asking. Yes this happened to me. I think I had dozed off briefly and I opened my eyes to the woman in the middle seat reaching across me. I looked at her like she was crazy and opened it back up. She nervously said something about the glare so I lowered it halfway. The nerve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it to be so rude when people do this. One thing if it's a redeye, or if it's dark, or if the sun is shining right into people's eyes. But otherwise, the window belongs to everyone in the row. I've had this happen so many times recently and you don't even know when you're landing. It's soooooooo selfish!

Funny. I sometimes feel like I'm being selfish if I leave it open. I usually try to read the room in the row - are people looking at their laptops or snoozing before deciding to close it again.

[Anonymous]

I was once in an aisle seat, and the person in the middle kindly asked the window seater to lower the window, as the light was giving her a headache. Window seater refused. Middle seater ended up with a severe migraine and made ready use of her barf bag for the last 90 minutes of the flight.

[Anonymous]

I find it hard to believe someone thinks there should be a row roll call to decide I’d the shade should be up or down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saying the window seat belongs to the window person is ridic. Aisle person doesn’t rule access to the aisle.
People should be considerate and ask if it’s ok before fully lowering the shade so others can’t see out. I think most people know this but quite a few don’t

Maybe they should. 🤔

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's rude is someone reaching over you to close the window without asking. Yes this happened to me. I think I had dozed off briefly and I opened my eyes to the woman in the middle seat reaching across me. I looked at her like she was crazy and opened it back up. She nervously said something about the glare so I lowered it halfway. The nerve.

Yes it would have been more polite if she directly woke you up to ask. But I guess you wouldn’t like that either.

[Anonymous]

I'm an aisle passenger, but this summer the flight attendants on our daytime flight to London requested all the window shades be closed, presumably for the sake of people watching movies or sleeping. It made for a very dark flight, but I guess we did watch a lot of the inflight entertainment (didn't feel like sleeping at 8:30 AM).

[Anonymous]

If it’s daytime, I usually feel bad about opening it. It’s so bright. I assumed most people didn’t want the sun shining in their eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The window does not belong to everyone in the row. It belongs to the window seat.

I agree that they get to control it. But I wish they would open it before landing. That is required in Europe (it is a safety issue).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was once in an aisle seat, and the person in the middle kindly asked the window seater to lower the window, as the light was giving her a headache. Window seater refused. Middle seater ended up with a severe migraine and made ready use of her barf bag for the last 90 minutes of the flight.

That person should get a window seat so they control the light.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people put the shade down because they are oh so sophisticated and bored with flying that they don't need to see the amazing view during take off or landing that the poor peasants who don't get to travel often would really like to see.

There are some airports that are beautifully situated. I have flown extensively all around the world, but I still sometimes like to take photos of the view, depending upon the weather or time of day (example: Lofoten Islands, Norway).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate when the window is open. I’m assuming it’s like a 50-50 thing, some like it open some like it closed. What I do not understand is why this would make someone angry?

Being angry is a popular sport in America

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The window does not belong to everyone in the row. It belongs to the window seat.

+1

Yep. I like the shade up during the day as well, but I value easy access to the bathroom more, so I book the aisle and deal with the fact that the window seat passenger determines the status of the shade. And of course, the hapless middle seat passenger gets both armrests.

This! And if you're overweight, don't spill over into my seat because I'm thin and have more space. Tuck your girth between the arm rests and stick to that space, please.

[Anonymous]

My daughter gets motion sickness with the window shade up. Would you rather she be vomiting a few seats away?