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A lot of people don't like confrontation, even if they are 100% in the right. But has it got to the point where the majority of us would rather back down than have to confront somebody?
The inspiration for this thread came from xmiles post in the "Pet Peeve" thread, where his flight to San Francisco was spoilt by people in front of him reclining their chairs for the entire journey.
I too found myself in a couple of situations while on holiday recently, one I confronted the individual and stood my ground, the other I chose to keep my mouth shut.
The first one happened on the flight to Portugal. Across the aisle from me was a big bloke, from the minute we got on the plane I knew he was going to be trouble as he had clearly been drinking. After an hour of the flight he was shouting, swearing and even tried to grope the lady sat next to him. I wish I'd said something, but I didn't. And neither did anyone else.
My second example is people putting towels on sun loungers while on holiday. People get up at 7am, put their towels down, and then don't come back until after lunch. I hate this. So on the first day I simply folded up the towels on the loungers and moved them to a grass area behind the loungers. Four hours later a couple came back and were quite aggresive in asking where their towels were. I just told them that putting towels down means nothing. There wasn't much they could say other than to swear a bit and then walk off.
But why doesn't everyone do this?
Am I right, are you less inclined to "get involved" than you would have been, say, 5 years ago?
The inspiration for this thread came from xmiles post in the "Pet Peeve" thread, where his flight to San Francisco was spoilt by people in front of him reclining their chairs for the entire journey.
I too found myself in a couple of situations while on holiday recently, one I confronted the individual and stood my ground, the other I chose to keep my mouth shut.
The first one happened on the flight to Portugal. Across the aisle from me was a big bloke, from the minute we got on the plane I knew he was going to be trouble as he had clearly been drinking. After an hour of the flight he was shouting, swearing and even tried to grope the lady sat next to him. I wish I'd said something, but I didn't. And neither did anyone else.
My second example is people putting towels on sun loungers while on holiday. People get up at 7am, put their towels down, and then don't come back until after lunch. I hate this. So on the first day I simply folded up the towels on the loungers and moved them to a grass area behind the loungers. Four hours later a couple came back and were quite aggresive in asking where their towels were. I just told them that putting towels down means nothing. There wasn't much they could say other than to swear a bit and then walk off.
But why doesn't everyone do this?
Am I right, are you less inclined to "get involved" than you would have been, say, 5 years ago?
