| Blog Entry - Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | Add / Read (8) |
I'm so not supposed to be doing this. Blogging that is. At least not right now. All my focus is supposed to be going to writing the thesis. Ah well.
I'm sitting in the kitchen, with the window barely cracked open behind me, but I can feel the temperature dropping as it's been doing since mid-afternoon. It's probably 45 degrees at most now, and it was probably 70 this afternoon. In a bit, I'll likely move into the living room to curl up by the fire to keep writing.
There's a lot going on right now. Personal stuff, career stuff, school stuff, health stuff. Trying to do my best to keep my focus on the paper for a few more weeks and really get it done and off my plate so I can pay attention to all that other stuff.
One thing did catch my attention in today's email, however. There's a AAA article entitled "Midair manners" about how to behave on planes. It mentions, among other things:
Easy Does It
Before you recline your seat, check behind you. Don't recline it all the way if it looks as though it's going to make the person behind you uncomfortable. And put the seat back gradually; you want to avoid spills and broken computer screens on the tray table on the back of your seat.
I can't tell you how many times my laptop screen has been endangered or my bottle of water knocked off the table by a person reclining too far, too fast, with no consideration for the fact that someone was sitting behind them. Other pet peeves of mine include the people who fall asleep and end up sleeping on your shoulder, people who don't know the current rules of the security lines, and so don't have their tickets or IDs ready, or who leave their shoes on and slow the process to glacial speeds, and people who don't pay attention - to where they're walking or standing, to their kids, to their purses and bags that are slamming into the people near them, or to the basic rules of common courtesy. I know we have to spend a lot of time when we travel and I know that airports are full of indignities, but we aren't in your house or your bedroom and don't want to see, hear, or smell any of those things that should be kept behind closed doors.
Hm. Guess I've got a few opinions. What are yours? Have any airplane/airport pet peeves?
Author: Libby Ingrassia
Posted at: 06:32:41 PM
