See? I told you I wouldn’t keep up with this infernal thing…

I’m sitting at the DFW Admirals Club right now, waiting for my last flight home to LAX. After a long hiatus from flying (besides a trip up to Seattle for a USC game, no flights since May), I did a same-day turn to Charlotte today. Nov 11 being Veterans Day, I had no classes and took the opportunity to top off my miles.

For the most part, things went as planned, and no major problems arose.  If anything, it was a pleasant trip, with free WiFi on my DFW-CLT-DFW turn to burn away the time. But then I was reminded how much of a “mosaic” humanity is, and how airports are the central hubs of such living tapestries… to the point that it reminded me that I had a blog to post such musings.  Some of the characters who added a little spice to my day:

- The passenger who decided it was a good idea to bring popcorn into an airtight, confined metal tube;

- The passenger who scurried in front of others waiting for the lounge to open for the morning. (I had the pleasure of getting upstairs to the ticket agent in front of her, because her scurryin’ legs apparently don’t work on stairs. I made sure to take my time….);

- The obese passenger who continued to rub his belly into my shoulder while putting his luggage above me, AND while waiting to swim upstream to get to his seat;

- Another obese passenger who not only blocked the aisle while sorting her things out after arrival, she also decided to bring (literally) a bunch of bananas along onto the plane, as if the greater Metroplex had no such fine cuisine.

(Let me insert here that I’m not trying to bash on the rotund… but their factual and physical conditions had a tangible effect on my day.)

- The uppity smug guy in the sweater vest (to be fair, this guy was rail thin) who scurried up to the front of the line as soon as the door opened, bypassing everyone else who was waiting patiently. Think of a Niles Crane, yet more weaselly. Yeah buddy, we all sit in first class too;

- Finally, the guy behind me who, for some reason, didn’t realize that kicking the back of the seat in front of him would probably garner a negative response from the occupant of said seat (he should go to a doctor and ask him about RLS).

Man, I missed flying!

Today’s flights:

  • AA2410 LAX-DFW
  • AA644 DFW-CLT
  • AA1575 CLT-DFW
  • AA2493 DFW-LAX