A few notes about this blog

By way of introduction:

- After a few seizure-inducing experiences wedged into the Middle Seat, I've decided to start a campaign to make the experience something less than totally sucky.

- In a way, making the Middle Seat less crappy is just about being respectful of other people and conducting ourselves with decorum in public, so this blog is about that too.

- And being respectful is also about being nice, so we can add that in. Particularly if it's about being nice while traveling. Good news stories are welcome!

- Some rules of the road: Comments and posts are completely allowed to be a touch sarcastic, a little snarky, and maybe even whiny. But because the blog is about respecting others, fundamentally, no being a jerk, ok???

The Manifesto

1. The Middle Seat is a crappy place to be. Don't make it crappier.

2. There are two armrests separating the Middle Seat from each of its neighbors. These armrests belong to the Middle Seat. Even if they are unoccupied. This is the unalienable right of the Middle Seat.

3. Extending up and forward from the two Middle Seat armrests are invisible planes. These planes divide Middle Seat space from non-Middle Seat space. These planes are not to be broken, with the exception of arriving and departing from the Window Seat.

4. Being large, smelly, inclined to sit spread-eagle, or any other mitigating factor does not entitle you to violate any of the above items.