The plane trip over had its ups and downs (please don’t hurt me, I can’t help it, it just happens).
- I was lucky enough to get a row with an empty middle seat.
- The flight attendant swiped my credit card twice, and then seemed genuinely puzzled when it charged me two times for my drink. He thinks he managed to reverse one of the charges—here’s hoping he’s on a roll and he accidentally gets both of them.
- I didn’t electrocute myself when I accidentally stuck my finger in the laptop power outlet under the seat.
- Unfortunately, I couldn’t fall asleep. Even with the two sleeping pills, and the gin and tonic that I paid twice for. Next time I’m getting horse tranquilizers.
- Since I didn’t fall asleep, I didn’t miss the stale croissants the flight attendants were passing out as they stealthily crept through the aisles with their carts. One might assume they were trying not to wake anybody up out of kindness, but the aft flight attendant’s intermittent cackling laugh lead me to believe that they pocketed those croissants like old ladies do at restaurants.
- I also got to see dawn break on the horizon from 10,000 feet up, which is something I could really get used to.
March 01, 2008, 5:20pm
