Oh The Joys!

For as much as we travel, you’d think we’d seen it all when it comes to people-watching … but today we saw all new things.

First of all, I’d like to say that being on a plane right now is like sitting in the Emergency Room of a hospital. We were surrounded by people coughing, sneezing, sniffling and generally spreading their germs around the plane and country. I look at it this way; if you’re so sick you can’t control your symptoms with medication, YOU SHOULDN’T BE FLYING! Wherever you’re going can’t be so important that you have to infect the rest of the population. And let’s face it, if you’re sick, whomever you’re going to see doesn’t want to see you either (unless you’re going home, and even then they may want you to stay at the hotel until you’ve recovered).  UGH!


Okay, we like to people-watch … who doesn’t?!? Usually the best sights are in the airport, but we timed our drive accurately enough that by the time we got through security our plane was ready to board. Luckily, we got our fill on the plane. For the first time ever we actually witnessed a woman go into a full-on melt-down because they ran out of omelets! Really??? Really. Crying, complaining (I got the last one so I was referenced a couple of times … I know, I’m evil), and generally raising such a commotion that the Captain gave up his food to shut her up. Then, the guy in front of us woke up (he’s slept through the breakfast service) and asked for … you guessed it … an omelet. When he learned they were out he gave the Flight Attendant an earful for not waking him up! Poor thing, I seriously thought she was going to cry when Tony gave her a bad time for being out of champagne (he was kidding).


Yes, Tony was having a drink at 6:00a! But come-on, we we’re on vacation and it was just 1 glass of champagne. That was nothing compared to the woman who had 3 vodka cranberries in the first hour of the flight. From the way she looked, maybe she was just continuing what she had been doing all night. Sometimes you get the feeling people think, “It’s free, I need to consume all I can.” Not a brilliant approach, but it worked for her as she slept the rest of the flight. She was still tipsy when she got off the plane so I hope she wasn’t heading for the parking lot to drive home.


Airports are a complete subject for me, and I’ll tackle them one day … but for now I can say today’s flights have left us entertained, and frustrated at how inconsiderate and generally self-centered people can be.

By the time we get to Key West the festivities will be well under way at Captain Tony's Saloon (Pirate Night).  So with pirate hat in hand I am ready to board plane for our final leg ... Fantasy Fest 2009 Here We Come!!!