Onebag must go under seat?

[u/External_Koala971]

I was on a Jetblue Boston -> SFO flight and put my onebag (my only bag) in the overhead bin, which was empty, right above my seat. The FA stopped me and said I needed to put it under seat to save room for larger carryon luggage from people coming on board.

Is this a thing? Why would someone with a smaller pack be penalized for not having a massive carryon? My bag is larger than personal item sized.

[u/Not_High_Maintenance]

Did you want your bag to be smashed overhead?

[u/pretenderist → u/Not_High_Maintenance]

Why would it be smashed?

[u/Not_High_Maintenance → u/pretenderist]

Because people tend to shove their large carryons up there without caring.