Since I travel just about every week for work, I've picked up a few things that make life easier on the plane. Please feel free to use the simple and helpful tips.
- Board the plane when your designated boarding group is called. You don't get on the plane faster by huddling around the line to board. You just end up causing a traffic jam that holds up the whole process.
- If you need to get into a middle or window seat and I'm in the aisle seat, let me get out of my seat to let you in. I know my legs are short, but it isn't actually more convenient for me to have you straddle over me to get to your seat. Inevitably, some part of your nether regions ends up in my face and that's just a little too personal considering I don't know your name.
- If you get separated from your significant other in the seating assignments, don't get crazy upset because a) it is only a 2-hour flight and that's not really enough time for your spouse to fall in love with some dude from South America and decide to leave you for good; and b) in 98.9% of cases, someone will change spots so you can sit together. Yelling just adds unpleasantness to the world.
- Just because you had a bitchin' weekend getting drunk in Vegas, the whole plane doesn't necessarily want to hear all about it. Your friend sitting two rows up isn't going to forget about how wasted you were, or how cute and sensitive that guy was that held your hair while you puked. In fact, your friend is probably really pissed to have to relive what was probably a crappy night for her taking care of your drunk ass.
Also, DIA, I'm putting you on notice. Your whole "Expert Traveler" and "Family / Special Assistance" security designation doesn't really work when the wheelchair line filters into the "Expert Traveler" security lines and not the "Special Assistance" line. When you are harassing an old lady who wants to bring yogurt on the plane in her pocket, you are really a buzzkill for the expert travelers. Oh, and we're the ones who are cutting it close to make our flights - most folks in the other line are about 6 hours early for their flight.
Thank you for considering these tips. Now please sit back, relax and enjoy your flight.
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2 comments:
Hahaha, nice :)
i was in mass just recently in the 'expert' travel line... and the two people in front of my looked perplexed by how to navigate through (because it is rocket science). i simply asked if they were okay and they admitted that they wanted to get through faster so joined ME in the expert lane although they never traveled. erg.
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