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cjsmith ([personal profile] cjsmith) wrote2005-03-07 01:53 pm

The flight to Boston

Delta has a "zone"-based seating system: people with window seats go in last. I'm impressed - I think of myself as creative, but I never would have thought of that!

The only thing worse than a redeye flight with a plane change is a redeye flight with a plane change where my seat doesn't recline. (It was broken.)

Delta plays incredibly loud* advertisements every ten minutes for the first half hour of a flight. Even a redeye. Y'all just lost my business, folks.

A women's restroom in the Atlanta airport bore unmistakable signs of someone having shaved in one of the sinks. You know: white grunge in a ring around the sink, liberally peppered with tiny black dots. No, faithful readers, I'm not asking for an explanation from anyone who wasn't there.

One of the flight attendants on the Atlanta to Boston leg had very humorous mimed interpretations of the safety presentation. She also pranced up and down the aisle wearing pink flashing deelyboppers she'd borrowed from a small child. Y'all might get my business back some day, folks.

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* "Incredibly loud" means I can hear them just fine with my ears plugged.

[identity profile] fuzzygruf.livejournal.com 2005-03-07 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
people with window seats go in last

Um, do you mean first? If I'm on the aisle and have to get up to let the window seat person in, that doesn't seem to make sense.

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2005-03-07 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
that doesn't seem to make sense.

My thoughts exactly. That bit about creativity was written in a very snide and sarcastic font that unfortunately gets rendered just like the standard one.

[identity profile] fuzzygruf.livejournal.com 2005-03-07 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, duh. Sometimes I need thumped on the head. Those ignorant bozos!

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2005-03-07 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, well. Delta provided me with something to whine about, which is a valuable service. :-)

creative seating

[identity profile] gev.livejournal.com 2005-03-07 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
anyone for drawing and quartering the one who thought up that seating plan?

[identity profile] jupiter29.livejournal.com 2005-03-10 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate those zone based seating systems, anyway. But at least they're usually made more sense than THAT. Of course, I don't fly Delta. :) Glad you made it safely, though!

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2005-03-10 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to admit that a row-by-row seating scheme doesn't have much value when you let all the frequent flyers get on first anyway.

[identity profile] jupiter29.livejournal.com 2005-03-10 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree. The problem is that NO seating scheme has much value when you let all the frequent flyers get on first. :)