Perils of Caffeine in the Evening

8 Comments

1. nancy:

   OMG! I think the airline did the right thing, but I would FREAK OUT if I were that passenger!! FREAK OUT I tell you.

   In other news, The Girl is saying something that sounds remarkably like “Buckeye, Buckeye, Buckeye.” Norman is very distressed about it.

   March 19, 2007, 5:23 pm
2. Phil:

   Nancy, I was wondering why they didn’t at least cover her. Guess the blankets got taken away when they took the pillows. And, I’m thinking you’ve got a sharp little girl there. Call me when she starts singing Hang On Sloopy.

   March 19, 2007, 8:40 pm
3. beatriz:

   Based on a few of my experiences with first class seatmates, I’d prefer they had been dead, at least if they hadn’t begun to stink.

   March 20, 2007, 9:29 am
4. wordgirl:

   Oh. My. God. And what of the living (non-relative) people who paid for a First Class ticket and wound up being seatmates with a corpse? How is their comfort taken into consideration? I hope they were comped for the cost of their ticket afterward.

   March 20, 2007, 4:50 pm
5. John:

   Such is life…or death…in a steel tube that flirts with the end-times every moment. What else would they do with a corpse and family…shall we ask Boeing, et al, to incorporate chill-to-order morgues? As for First Class passengers…if they paid full freight, they didn’t understand the games airlines play, i.e., “if you pay full-freight, we will laugh at you and give you reasons never to fly us again…you’ve covered our pension expenses.” My god, I’m surly and cantankerous…just boot me to the side of the room and toss me a beer-bottle full of top-shelf tequila and I’ll be fine.

   March 20, 2007, 6:25 pm
6. Phil:

   Beatriz - since I’ve been your first-class seatmate a couple of times, I apologize for not being dead. And no more upgrades - keep it down on your way back to coach

   Wordgirl - welcome! You know, I think most folks riding up front have been comped anyway due to frequent-flyer status, or folks who use miles. Like john says, I’d prefer they use what refrigeration they have to keep the wine cold. Actually, my (coach this time - damn!) seatmate and I were pretty sure we saw a couple of coffins being loaded onto our plane from Atlanta to Milwaukee on Sunday - right shape, tell-tale amount of struggle by pallbaggage handlers.

   John, my (recent) experience is that Tequila exacerbates the state of mind that you find yourself in. (sorry for the dangling prep, Wordgirl!)

   March 20, 2007, 9:34 pm
7. KathyR:

   Should I die in-flight, just stick me in the lavatory. I’ll be dead. I won’t care.

   Perhaps the airlines should have you state a preference for your body storage should you die in the air. Checkboxes: in the overhead (people under 100 pounds only - weigh in at the check-in counter), in the closet, in the lavatory, in first class (extra charge).

   March 21, 2007, 9:17 am
8. beatriz:

   No, no, I wasn’t referring to you. Just a couple of blathermouths who had to tell me their life stories; oh, and that former GOP senator, the shape of whose skull I did NOT admire…

   March 21, 2007, 9:30 am