Sitting in the very front of the plane is no fun

I've never sat at the front of the plane before–my few experiences with plane boundary conditions have been at the other end of things. But yesterday I got on a really small plane and there was a seat in front open (no, definitely not first class) and they directed me there. It was awful! You can't do anything bad like play with your laptop at the wrong time, etc. because they are hovering over you like a hawk. Wish I could have gone back to sit in seat 3F again...