Window Seat Passenger Scolded For Reading With Shade Open, But Flight Etiquette Says He Was Right (opens in new tab)

A window seat passenger was scolded for looking out the window, and reading by the outside light. When that’s what a window is for! They share the story wondering if they were in the wrong, but from their telling they clearly weren’t. It was an afternoon flight, around 2 p.m., and they opened their window shade to read and look outside. A woman nearby demanded to their partner that they close the shade because it was bright and “everyone else” had theirs closed. (Apparently several other rows...