October 18, 2009
Travel Observations
Yes I've been gone for a while, why do you ask?
We headed to a wedding this last weekend and combined it with some family time.
Here are a few things I jotted down while sitting on the plane today.
- "electronics off" does mean everyone - what a shock to the woman who missed all THREE announcements asking that electronic devices be turned off during take off. When the flight attendant stopped directly next to her and specifically asked one more time - I can see how it might be confusing enough for her to think they were referring to her seat back and not the iphone in her hand.
- the "security wallet" that you wear on a string around your neck with your driver's license front and center for all to see... makes you look like you are AWOL from your kindergarten group even if you are pushing 75.
- no, you aren't allowed to hang your coats on the tray table latch, even if it does look like a miniature coat hanger.
- If you remove your tall boots during the flight, consider putting them back on again just before landing rather than at the point where you notice the people in the row directly in front of you leaving. At this point in your life, it shouldn't be a surprise to find your shoes do not magically reattach themselves to your feet without help.
- a plaid coat that ends just above the knee is a mistake of epic proportions, especially when paired with wide leg jeans that go all the way to the floor. The larger the size, the bigger the mistake.
- purple shoes? Really?
- airports should be petitioned to show ESPN rather than CNN. The level of discourse on ESPN far eclipses CNN on all fronts.
- airport announcements that tell people to use a kleenex when coughing or sneezing and then to wash your hands afterward - note to airport officials... idiots won't listen to you (see the woman with the iphone) and those who already know this will simply be driven insane by the repetition.
That's all for now. If I can scrape enough time together, I do have some pictures.
We headed to a wedding this last weekend and combined it with some family time.
Here are a few things I jotted down while sitting on the plane today.
- "electronics off" does mean everyone - what a shock to the woman who missed all THREE announcements asking that electronic devices be turned off during take off. When the flight attendant stopped directly next to her and specifically asked one more time - I can see how it might be confusing enough for her to think they were referring to her seat back and not the iphone in her hand.
- the "security wallet" that you wear on a string around your neck with your driver's license front and center for all to see... makes you look like you are AWOL from your kindergarten group even if you are pushing 75.
- no, you aren't allowed to hang your coats on the tray table latch, even if it does look like a miniature coat hanger.
- If you remove your tall boots during the flight, consider putting them back on again just before landing rather than at the point where you notice the people in the row directly in front of you leaving. At this point in your life, it shouldn't be a surprise to find your shoes do not magically reattach themselves to your feet without help.
- a plaid coat that ends just above the knee is a mistake of epic proportions, especially when paired with wide leg jeans that go all the way to the floor. The larger the size, the bigger the mistake.
- purple shoes? Really?
- airports should be petitioned to show ESPN rather than CNN. The level of discourse on ESPN far eclipses CNN on all fronts.
- airport announcements that tell people to use a kleenex when coughing or sneezing and then to wash your hands afterward - note to airport officials... idiots won't listen to you (see the woman with the iphone) and those who already know this will simply be driven insane by the repetition.
That's all for now. If I can scrape enough time together, I do have some pictures.
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I think you covered it well. Oh, and if, because of overbooking and rebooking to herd people together to maximize space, you find yourself with someone in the center seat, don't be a prick and take the armrest as well. That person has little enough room as it is. 
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