i always walk on the plane searching for the best middle seat. southwest of course. i refuse to pay an additional $10 to pre check-in & board in the A group. On top of that I always get to the airport at the last minute. so i bring up the rear.
there are very rarely aisle or window seats so i scour for middle spaces without heads, once i see no heads, i take a quick glance at the people surrounding the middle seat.
i avoid the men.
i swear they think they're entitled to more space than me. i've gotten off planes all stiff before because i pull myself so tightly small as possible as the guy next to me sprawls out and is clearly in my seat area.
today i ended up between TWO!
how you may ask. i had my eyes on another seat that the person in front of me stole. i was thrown off guard & without thinking grabbed this one.
as i climbed in, i thought i made an awful mistake as i registered two men & one of them had the arm rest up, the only possible divider. if there's a girl on the other side usually i can scoot a little away from the space hogger. but with two. i'm just stuck.
what was i thinking?
well, i was pleasantly surprised. immediately.
i sat down with a messenger bag & holding my big coat. one man immediately offered to put my coat above for me. i refused and threw it under the seat as usual. then i tried to get situated: book out of bag, etc. while holding a coffee. then the other man (no arm rest man) asked if he can hold my coffee for me. sure you can. thank you.
they both stayed in their space & i didn't walk off stiff today.
maybe i've been proved wrong.
one of them even blessed me when i sneezed. why thank you.
there are very rarely aisle or window seats so i scour for middle spaces without heads, once i see no heads, i take a quick glance at the people surrounding the middle seat.
i avoid the men.
i swear they think they're entitled to more space than me. i've gotten off planes all stiff before because i pull myself so tightly small as possible as the guy next to me sprawls out and is clearly in my seat area.
today i ended up between TWO!
how you may ask. i had my eyes on another seat that the person in front of me stole. i was thrown off guard & without thinking grabbed this one.
as i climbed in, i thought i made an awful mistake as i registered two men & one of them had the arm rest up, the only possible divider. if there's a girl on the other side usually i can scoot a little away from the space hogger. but with two. i'm just stuck.
what was i thinking?
well, i was pleasantly surprised. immediately.
i sat down with a messenger bag & holding my big coat. one man immediately offered to put my coat above for me. i refused and threw it under the seat as usual. then i tried to get situated: book out of bag, etc. while holding a coffee. then the other man (no arm rest man) asked if he can hold my coffee for me. sure you can. thank you.
they both stayed in their space & i didn't walk off stiff today.
maybe i've been proved wrong.
one of them even blessed me when i sneezed. why thank you.
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