Saturday, April 16, 2011
What is wrong with people these days???
Let me give you the situation: Overall, I am enjoying my flight home Thursday night from LA. I am into my book, I've had a glass of wine, and while I'm secretly annoyed at the woman in the middle seat next to me for invading my personal space (her jacket was over the arm rest, touching my leg), I'm having a decent time. So, imagine my deep disappointment when, on final approach into Seattle, some guy about 10 rows ahead of me unbuckles his seat belt and starts running toward the back of the cabin. This obviously gets the attention of everyone in the cabin, and the Flight Attendant, who has been seated for quite some time due to turbulence (and the fact that we're landing) starts yelling for the passenger to go back to his seat. Instead of going back, he stops at my row (I have an aisle seat) and starts screaming "let me back there or I'm going to pee right here. I mean it, I'm going to pee right here." Okay, really? He is slightly turned toward me, meaning he will likely pee on me. The woman next to me, who I had been secretly annoyed with, grabbed my arm and practically pulled me into her seat, telling me "young lady, you're going to get peed on." Thanks, as if I wasn't aware of the situation (although I did consider this a nice gesture and was therefore no longer annoyed with her). So the Flight Attendant finally lets this guy come back and then she continues to pound on the bathroom door to tell him to hurry up, the pilots are ready to abort landing. I mean, seriously. WTF? He finally gets out and wants to go back to his seat but we are so close to landing that the Flight Attendant makes him take a seat in the back so we can actually land. As we're taxing into the gate, he actually stands up and tries to go back to his seat. Unbelievable! The male Flight Attendant finally put him in a bear hug type hold until we got to the gate (side note: the crew did a great job handling the situation). It's now Saturday (two days after the incident), but my question remains: what the hell is up with the public? Not cool.
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awesome story keller. though i secretly think it would have been more climactic if she hadn't let him back to the bathroom and.. we would have seen what happened next. to pee or not to pee. that would be the question.
ReplyDeleteas far as the public is concerned. we just have to remember.. not everyone is as cool as we are. muy lo siento.
Keller, you tell the best stories! I love that the lady next to you warned you. I also love the bear hug. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if the guy were someone we knew-- Francis McLaughlin or Kip Knipple.
ReplyDeleteOMG - Francis. Did I ever tell you about the time I was in Anchorage having a beer at the Glacier Brewery when somone from the outside started pounding on the window and waving like a maniac? Guess who? Franics. Of course he came in to chat and after it was over, my coworker asked, "Who the hell was that?" Good question, my friend, good question. Oh, and I also just flashed back to Rome when he got the shit kicked out of him in the termini by his Italian girlfriend who caught him cheating with another woman. That was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI have a very clear memory (surprised?) of taking a long nasty bus ride in Athens. We got this little bar by the sea and ordered a bunch of pizzas. I went to grab a slice and Jason grabbed my hand and told me not to eat it. Apparently Franicis went to the bathroom (to pee) and did not wash his hands. Then he proceeded to touch three slices before settling on one and so no one ate those three slices penis/nasty bus germ infested slices.
ReplyDeletelove your stories girls, but nothing takes the cake like walking off a bus in guatemala getting ready to experience the next 2 yrs of your life abroad and seeing that SMILE walking toward you. somehow on the link bus he thought my name was sarah, but OH he got it right in guatemala. and then all my yet to be friends we're like.. what' the hell... you KNOW this guy!?*
ReplyDeleteWait.one.single.minute.
ReplyDeleteYou know someone named Kip knipple? tell the story now.(and Francis sounds like someone who would pee on another person).
Oh ya. His name is actually John Knipple (pronouced "ka-nipple") but he goes by Kip. So did his dad (also actually John). So the one we know is Kip Knipple Jr. And he recently had a baby boy. Guess what the kid's name is?
ReplyDeleteAcer - that is way too much info for one girls to know about him. It sounds slightly stalkerish - ISH
ReplyDeleteI'm not a stalker, I'm just detail-oriented.
ReplyDeletewowser... so we're now talking about Knipple the third? man o man. I remain a little bit speechless and v. glad it wasn't a girl... I mean - Kippy? what would they have named the poor thing??
ReplyDeleteDid you say Kip Knipple? I ran into him two months ago in the security line at MSP at 5:45 AM on my way to Hawaii for a work incentive trip. We acknowledged one another. He introduced his wife and mentioned the birth of their son. They were heading to FL for a long wknd - their first trip away since Kip IV's birth and while it was understandably difficult to leave him, time away was long overdue and they secretly relished the break. After exchange of said pleasantries, we proceeded to engage in that awkward passing that then ensues in the zig-zag security line - do you say hi again, just smile, look away, appear engaged in convo with someone else...? I hate awkward social moments like that.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, during dinner with my co-workers later that day I shared my "small world" MSP security line story, ending with: "Really, 'Kip Knipple' is not a name you forget." To which my boss' wife responded: "Kip Knipple? We know Kip Knipple! He grew up in our neighborhood and graduated high school with our daughter!"
I was officially "Knippled."