I’ve been flying a lot lately. I don’t love it, but I’m used to it and will do it with minimal complaining.
It’s not news to anyone that airlines have been contracting their schedules, which means every leg of every flight is overflowing. Usually.
Today I flew in my customary window seat. A woman came and took the middle seat. And I rejoiced when I saw that the person with the aisle seat was a no show.
Guess what the middle seat woman did.
Nothing.
Nothing.
She stayed in the middle seat.
I think that is BIZARRE behavior. Who does that? Who would ever do that?
Is she a robot? A freak? A demon?
jaysaint 
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 2:20 am
Who does that? Who would ever do that?
A robot. A freak. A demon.
It’s like those people who forego every single empty stall in the ladies room only to pick the one next to the one you’re using. Cretins.
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 2:20 am
Who does that? Who would ever do that?
A robot. A freak. A demon.
It’s like those people who forego every single empty stall in the ladies room only to pick the one next to the one you’re using. Cretins.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Yes! You just want to cry, “Why!? Why are you next to me?”
In our new bathroom at work the stalls have super-huge doors that go down to about two inches off the ground. Which I guess is nice, except that now you can’t tell which ones are occupied. So you have to randomly gently push on them to find one that’s free. And that’s not terribly comfortable for anyone.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Yes! You just want to cry, “Why!? Why are you next to me?”
In our new bathroom at work the stalls have super-huge doors that go down to about two inches off the ground. Which I guess is nice, except that now you can’t tell which ones are occupied. So you have to randomly gently push on them to find one that’s free. And that’s not terribly comfortable for anyone.
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 2:20 am
Who does that? Who would ever do that?
A robot. A freak. A demon.
It’s like those people who forego every single empty stall in the ladies room only to pick the one next to the one you’re using. Cretins.
Posted by steakums on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 am
Maybe she was hoping to pick you up.
Posted by steakums on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 am
Maybe she was hoping to pick you up.
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 2:33 am
Oooooh…do you think she knew she was sitting beside a butt model?
Posted by terracinque on August 5, 2006 at 3:44 am
Jillian’s a butt model? Have I missed something?
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Our Jillian certainly is a butt model.
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Our Jillian certainly is a butt model.
Posted by terracinque on August 5, 2006 at 3:44 am
Jillian’s a butt model? Have I missed something?
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 2:33 am
Oooooh…do you think she knew she was sitting beside a butt model?
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:52 pm
I wondered, actually.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:52 pm
I wondered, actually.
Posted by steakums on August 5, 2006 at 2:30 am
Maybe she was hoping to pick you up.
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 2:33 am
Oooooh…do you think she knew she was sitting beside a butt model?
Posted by terracinque on August 5, 2006 at 3:44 am
Jillian’s a butt model? Have I missed something?
Posted by friendofjack on August 5, 2006 at 4:44 am
Why didn’t you ask her if she would be willing to sit in the aisle seat? Maybe she doesn’t fly much and she didn’t know you could do that.
Posted by friendofjack on August 5, 2006 at 4:44 am
Why didn’t you ask her if she would be willing to sit in the aisle seat? Maybe she doesn’t fly much and she didn’t know you could do that.
Posted by terracinque on August 5, 2006 at 2:25 pm
That’s what I was thinking. Sometimes you have to tell people the door is unlocked; they won’t always think to try the knob.
Posted by terracinque on August 5, 2006 at 2:25 pm
That’s what I was thinking. Sometimes you have to tell people the door is unlocked; they won’t always think to try the knob.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:55 pm
It’s a reasonable question. And it did occur to me that maybe she was new to flying.
But here’s the thing: I don’t start conversations with my seat mates on airplanes if it can at all be avoided. I’ve learned to my regret that a simple “hello” or an instance of eye contact can be interpreted as “Please talk to me through this entire flight.” I don’t like to talk to strangers in almost any context, and certainly not while wedged between them and the plane window.
The couple next to me on last week’s flight from San Jose were returning from a Jehova’s Witness conference. My policy is a good one, and it held them off for at least half the flight.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:55 pm
It’s a reasonable question. And it did occur to me that maybe she was new to flying.
But here’s the thing: I don’t start conversations with my seat mates on airplanes if it can at all be avoided. I’ve learned to my regret that a simple “hello” or an instance of eye contact can be interpreted as “Please talk to me through this entire flight.” I don’t like to talk to strangers in almost any context, and certainly not while wedged between them and the plane window.
The couple next to me on last week’s flight from San Jose were returning from a Jehova’s Witness conference. My policy is a good one, and it held them off for at least half the flight.
Posted by friendofjack on August 5, 2006 at 4:44 am
Why didn’t you ask her if she would be willing to sit in the aisle seat? Maybe she doesn’t fly much and she didn’t know you could do that.
Posted by travellight on August 5, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Our Jillian certainly is a butt model.
Posted by baldsug on August 5, 2006 at 2:15 pm
That’s weird behavior, but if she were a man it would be downright creepy.
Posted by baldsug on August 5, 2006 at 2:15 pm
That’s weird behavior, but if she were a man it would be downright creepy.
Posted by baldsug on August 5, 2006 at 2:15 pm
That’s weird behavior, but if she were a man it would be downright creepy.
Posted by terracinque on August 5, 2006 at 2:25 pm
That’s what I was thinking. Sometimes you have to tell people the door is unlocked; they won’t always think to try the knob.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Yes! You just want to cry, “Why!? Why are you next to me?”
In our new bathroom at work the stalls have super-huge doors that go down to about two inches off the ground. Which I guess is nice, except that now you can’t tell which ones are occupied. So you have to randomly gently push on them to find one that’s free. And that’s not terribly comfortable for anyone.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:52 pm
I wondered, actually.
Posted by jaysaint on August 5, 2006 at 4:55 pm
It’s a reasonable question. And it did occur to me that maybe she was new to flying.
But here’s the thing: I don’t start conversations with my seat mates on airplanes if it can at all be avoided. I’ve learned to my regret that a simple “hello” or an instance of eye contact can be interpreted as “Please talk to me through this entire flight.” I don’t like to talk to strangers in almost any context, and certainly not while wedged between them and the plane window.
The couple next to me on last week’s flight from San Jose were returning from a Jehova’s Witness conference. My policy is a good one, and it held them off for at least half the flight.