Keep On Moving

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A good laugh every now-and-than is good medicine to perk up the day. In my case it was a good perk-me-up after a long day.

It was just the other day on Tuesday after I just settled in for my flight home from Orlando on Southwest Airlines. While those that were sitting around me were reading or doing some other sort of thing I was watching people expedite the boarding process as they came onto the plane.

Southwest offers open seating for all customers; so, it is first-come-first serve. Unfortunately, I was processed in the B category and was the fourth set of customers to board. Middle seating was only available by this time, but I managed a seat close to the front of the plane.

It never fails that overhead space is always an issue in the front of the plane. The reason for this is that customers seating further back will always place their bags in those bins. I guess they find it easier to just walk up and pull down the bag and walk off.

Customers who this are wrong for doing so.

It's such an inconvenience for customers who board toward the end to have no over head space for their bags. They usually have to put it further back behind their row. Now, this makes for an ugly deplaning when that customer moves against traffic and holds up the process by retrieving their bag.

Anyway, my point follows here. People feel that once they occupy the overhead space it belongs only to them and organize it in a fashion that makes it an inconvenience for others to share that space.

Such is the case when a man on my flight had not only a roller board(suitcase) in the overhead, he also had his laptop bag and suit jacket. Oh, the suit jacket was also perfectly folded and placed ever so neatly in the overhead bin. These items can be stacked so others can share.

Now, here is the funny part. When seating in the bulkhead it is regulatory for all bags to be stowed. Bulkhead seating, unfortunately, does not have "under-the-seat" stowage and so bags need to be placed in overheads.

Hey folks it's FAA policy not mine.

Well, there was a young woman who needed to stow her bag and she just so happen to open the bin where that jacket I mention was stowed. The man, of course, made sure to tell her that she should be careful not to disturb his jacket. She replied, "It will be OK."

Funny thing is that it's never OK and wouldn't you know it, she closed the overhead bin down onto his jacket. Parts of the jacket were now sticking out of the bin. In disgust the man jumped up to save it from getting a wrinkle and mumbled some profanity.

All-in-all, I just find that at times that people are unaware what is going on around them. We need to pay more attention. The woman could of been more careful when she closed the overhead and the man could of been more considerate to others when he stowed his belongings.

Thanks for reading.