I must admit I've always wanted a discount for being so low-maintenance. I DON'T take up more than my seat. I usually get about two-thirds of a seat. I DON'T store a piano in the overheads. I DON'T check six hundred pounds of luggage. I bring what I need, I show up on time, I don't board before my row is called, and I don't harass the flight staff. And I haven't... yet... murdered any children whose parents' genes should not go on. Yet here I am subsidizing all the high-maintenance folks.
I'm with you. I'm always considerate with my elbows. I typically read or write in a notebook, disturbing no one around me and taking up very little space. And I almost never lean my seat back.
Obviously we are the ones who are confused. Because there is no discount for us, we must find ways to get full value from our tickets. We should let our elbows fly, lean the seat back during taxi, ask for lots of drinks, and bring something rigid and flat to wedge between the seat cushions so we get our full seat (carrying a cactus is optional). We should bring a carry-on barbecue grill for our snacks, not bother bathing before the flight, and just generally make ourselves completely at home. Obviously that's what we need to do.
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Date: 2002-07-01 01:54 pm (UTC)Where's my discount?
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