Middle seat plane passenger furious as neighbours invade space – but people are divided

A PASSENGER has revealed the moment that both passengers either side of her spread their feet into her foot space during a flight.

The woman was sat in the middle seat on a plane, when both the aisle seat and window seat passengers decided they needed to make use of her foot space as well as their own.

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Both passengers either side of the woman spread into her leg space during the flight[/caption]

A debate was sparked on Reddit, after the woman shared a photo, showing how her already scarce leg room was taken up even more by the people either side of her.

Plenty of people on the website had sympathy for her situation, particularly as she was sat in the middle seat.

One wrote: “What kind of entitled self absorbed p**** does not understand to stay within their own space?”

Another person claiming to be a flight attendant also stuck up for the woman.

They said: “You’re already in the uncomfortable middle, this is just disrespectful and invasion of space!

“If you feel uncomfortable saying something, next time let the FA know, we will help you!”

However, not everyone felt sorry for the woman, suggesting that if she didn’t say anything to the people, then she had no reason to complain.

One said: “Soo…did you say something or just accept your fate, making the other person think it’s ok to do that?”

Another wrote: “I don’t understand why people don’t speak up.

“If the other person says no, then they can chat with a flight attendant about it.”

Manspreading has long been a problem for passengers on planes, with others sharing similar stories on social media.

One woman travelling from Sydney to Melbourne shared a picture online when the man sitting next to her spread his legs into her space.

The term manspreading was added to the dictionary in 2015 and has led to a number of campaigns in New York and Madrid to curb men spreading out.

Male travellers hit back at the term manspreading and said women were bad for “bagspreading” – putting their bags on seats during busy public transport.

This passenger had their leg room invaded by the passenger sitting behind them.

Another person had a fellow passenger put their bare feet onto his armrest mid-flight.

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The woman was annoyed when passengers either side of her spread into her foot space (stock image)[/caption]