November 26, 2019 - 74 - "Funny Stuff Passengers Say: Meeting New People"

   

 

    I was on a flight last week and started to brief the people in my exit rows.  

     Here's the conversation I had with one of the exit row passengers:

     Me:  "Can I have everyone's attention in these two rows?  

     Passenger:  (The only one seeming even vaguely interested in what I had to say.)  "Hey!  Is this seat going to be open?"

     
     Me:  "That's what the seat map shows right now." 

     Passenger:  "Cool.  My lucky day!"  

     Me:  "I can't guarantee no one will show up for the seat, but it's late in boarding, and it looks like we've probably got everyone on."


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A few minutes later I updated the seat map on my tablet and saw the seat was assigned.  

I went back to talk to the man:

     Me:   "Sir, the agents have made a liar out of me.  Looks like someone will be sitting next to you after all."

   Passenger:  "Oh no, I was so psyched."

   Me:  "I'm sorry.  But, look at it this way; it might be your future best-friend-for-life.

   Passenger:  "Yeah. Or maybe my future ex-wife."

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Baaahaaahaaa!/Shake my head.

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"Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo."

-Al Gore

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"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible." 

-Simon Newcomb

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