During a recent trip in Spain, Bruce Poon Tip hopped on a quick flight to Mallorca on the budget airline Ryanair.

The time in the air was short, but two passengers quickly got into a loud disagreement. Someone had reclined their seat into another person’s space, and they weren’t having it. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

“My Spanish is weak at best, but I could get the gist of what they were saying: ‘I paid for my seat and have some respect for other people,'” said Poon Tip, founder of the Toronto-based tour company G Adventures.

The offended party was “exceptionally tall with very long legs,” Poon Tip added.

Like screaming babies, armrest battles and tuna salad for a mid-flight snack, the question of whether reclining is bad form sparks debat

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