Sitting in the Philadelphia airport I am prone to ponder the facts. Tomorrow I will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The adventure has begun.
It was a rather unassuming morning; for a very short period of time. I shared my final cup of capitalist coffee with my dogs before launching in a full blown craze. Get dressed, finish packing, wait - did you forget your toiletries?, where are my SHOES!, did I pack too much?, AHHHHH! I packed too much!, weigh the bags, THE BAGS ARE OVERWEIGHT!, not enough time for a small carry on, drive to airport, why do people drive so slow?, what should I take out of my bags?, ect., ect. When I finally reached my gate and boarded my plane, I was so exhausted that I feigned sleep so I would not have to talk to the delightfully chatty grandmother sitting next to me. And promptly felt like a disgrace of a human being. But my body refused to pay attention to that guilt and in a matter of seconds, we had not even left the gate, my feigned sleep was real sleep. A flight attendant woke me up when we landed. I thought we were still in Florida for a second and asked why there was no one on the plane. My sleepy mind naturally jumped to the conclusion that after all those years of making fun of the Tallahassee Regional Airport and their terrorist precautions, someone had finally attempted to bomb it. She was polite enough to explain that we had landed in Charlotte.
The flight to Philadelphia was equally entertaining. A lawyer, I am assuming she was a lawyer, refused to get off her phone while on the plane. The flight attendant stood right in front of her and repeatedly said, "Excuse me miss, you are not exempt from this rule. You need to get off your phone." And the woman gave her the "calm the f*** down" hand. Big mistake. She threatened to turn the plane around and forcibly remove her and the lovely phone from the airplane. At this point everyone sitting around this ornery woman is telling her to get off the phone. And I don't mean politely; the are yelling at her. It is a mob of people screaming at this woman to turn off the cellular device. I thought there was going to be a fight. The to French gentlemen sitting next to me took pictures and I believe a video. In two days she may be famous across youtube as "angry phone lady", or perhaps "lawyers on a plane". The climax came when she finally did get off her phone and told everybody to mind there own business. This huge guy sitting behind her told her to get off her high horse and I thought all hell was going to break loose. Fortunately, or unfortunately?, there was no fight and everyone calmed down.
The flight to Philadelphia was equally entertaining. A lawyer, I am assuming she was a lawyer, refused to get off her phone while on the plane. The flight attendant stood right in front of her and repeatedly said, "Excuse me miss, you are not exempt from this rule. You need to get off your phone." And the woman gave her the "calm the f*** down" hand. Big mistake. She threatened to turn the plane around and forcibly remove her and the lovely phone from the airplane. At this point everyone sitting around this ornery woman is telling her to get off the phone. And I don't mean politely; the are yelling at her. It is a mob of people screaming at this woman to turn off the cellular device. I thought there was going to be a fight. The to French gentlemen sitting next to me took pictures and I believe a video. In two days she may be famous across youtube as "angry phone lady", or perhaps "lawyers on a plane". The climax came when she finally did get off her phone and told everybody to mind there own business. This huge guy sitting behind her told her to get off her high horse and I thought all hell was going to break loose. Fortunately, or unfortunately?, there was no fight and everyone calmed down.
Tomorrow I will be in Belfast. Wish me luck.
Kelsey
Checked, couldn't find it on youtube
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