Travel always makes for sublime observations of people in their habits of entitlement. What I consider to be bad form is taking liberties with reclining your seat just because you can. For many people this means reclining it as far back as it will go, and who gives a crap if there is another person sitting behind you, because your comfort is of the utmost importance on a planet that is made up of many other people that are not you.
I felt bad for the guy on that long Amtrak trip heading towards New York City. He was absorbed in his work on his laptop, and this lady gets on at some point, unlatches the tray in front of her, spreads her food and beverage out, and reclines her seat all the way back, pressing on the button even after the seat would not go back any further. It pushed against the guy's laptop behind her, and he sat there for a awhile trying to continue his work with his laptop positioned at an awkward angle, and keeping it from sliding off the fold-down tray. After about twenty minutes, he got up and went in search of another seat on the crowded train, while the lady continued lounging in what she thought was her bed, and chewed noisily on her carrots and celery for the remainder of the trip.
If there should be any public service announcements for airlines, buses, and trains, companies should target the entitled snowflakes who think paying for a ticket means you have the right to impinge on other paying passengers' comfort.
