bpwallace49 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Flying back from California on AirTran. The plane is at capacity . . and directly behind me is a youngun in a child seat. The child is not happy about flying, sp upon sitting down, he proceeds to kick my seat incessantly. I have kids, and I am pretty sure that the kid will settle down and fall asleep once we get in the air. We taxi away and then the pilot says we have to wait for roughly 30 minutes before taking off. This does not please the littel tyke, and he starts kicking like he is tryin out for Manchester United against the back of my seat and screaming. The parents brilliant way fo dealing with this is to keep saying "shhh" while taking to each other. Finally we take off and the child settles down. I am not a small individual ( 6'2'' . . 235), so I try and recline my seat to get some more room. The parents have the balls to ask me to not recline my seat because it is too close to their child for their liking. They also never apologized for the incessant kicking earlier. really, really awesome human beings. I also hate flying with the wife. She is super anxious about being late or there being lines that would make us miss our flight, and was told that San Fran takes over an hour to get through security. So we get there super early . . . and from parking and returning the rental car to getting to our gate took a total of 30 minutes. Leaving 1 hour 45 minutes to hang out and wait for our flight. over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Dude, I openly heckle and mock my wife about how needlessly early she makes us get to the airport. Each and every time, pointing out how much less than the 2.5 hours she was counting on it takes us to get through security. We fly out of freaking Raleigh, NC! The next time it takes even 30 minutes from car to gate will be the first time. Doesn't matter. We could get there 2 hours earlier than we need to 100 straight times and I could remind her each and every time. And you know what's going to happen on trip #101? We're going to get there 2 hours earlier than we need to again. And you know why? Because she knows that I know that she'll make my life a living hell if I insist upon getting to the airport "only" an hour before we fly out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennykravitz2004 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I also hate flying with the wife. She is super anxious about being late or there being lines that would make us miss our flight, and was told that San Fran takes over an hour to get through security. So we get there super early . . . and from parking and returning the rental car to getting to our gate took a total of 30 minutes. Leaving 1 hour 45 minutes to hang out and wait for our flight. 1 hour and 45 minutes of sitting in an airport, or a lifetime of never forgetting how you did/almost make the two of you miss a flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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