A woman has sparked a debate online after she used a Pringles tube to stop the person in front of her from reclining their seat.

Clare Duggan shared the hack on TikTok, with the video from her plane seat showing the packet wedged securely between the top and bottom of the tray table.

“This is the best life hack when you’ve got someone in front who is trying to put the seat down constantly,” she said.

In just a week, the video received over 1.5 million views and received thousands of comments from TikTok users divided over the act.

Many described it as a “brilliant” and “genius” idea, while others were less impressed, calling the act “ridiculous”.

“You know, the seats go back so people can relax,” one person commented.

“I would never do it,” another added.

“I’d just ask the cabin crew to see why my chair won’t recline,” a third wrote.

Some people said that while the move was “clever” all passengers were “entitled to put seat back”.

“The seats are literally made to recline,” one person wrote.

“I never understand why people get annoyed about a seat going back. Doesn’t bother me,” another added.

“Quite frankly, you should be banned from flying bloody pathetic,” a third wrote.

Following the wave of comments, Duggan explained that while she doesn’t mind people reclining, the passenger in front of her kept ignoring her requests to incline his seat during meal service.

“But this guy was refusing to lift his up when I was eating even though politely asked. So this seemed like a fair way of dealing with it,” she said.

She added that the flight attendant had asked him to put up his seat, but he still didn’t comply.

“I always respect the person behind me by asking if they mind if I recline the seat back. That’s called consideration but I love this hack, well shared,” one person commented.

Image: TikTok

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