I’ve got to admire people for trying…but here’s a hint: snoring is generally a turnoff.
There was a young woman sitting across the aisle from me on my flight to London last week. She was traveling alone and good looking. A man who looked to be about twice her age was sitting in the row in front of her. It’s winter, flights are not full, and this flight went out with most of economy class open and several seats in business class unoccupied.
The man started chatting her up, moving back a row to sit next to her. The usual small talk. Where you heading? Why London? What do you do? And the lady seemed to be humoring him. Maybe they hit it off, maybe they did not…but it appeared they were enjoying the conversation. Throw in a few rounds of drinks and the mood loosened quite a bit.
With the meal service complete, the cabin lights were dimmed. Both reclined their seats into lie-flat mode. While the woman watched a movie, the man quickly fell asleep.
And snored like a jackhammer!
I snickered because I could see the disgust in her face. She put on noise cancelling headphones and tried to watch her movie, but kept looking over at the guy, occasionally shaking her head. Thankfully, I was able to fall asleep; I don’t know if she was.
When the lights were turned up for breakfast, the two said little else. Maybe it was the effects of the alcohol, but she no longer appeared in a talkative mood.
CONCLUSION
I’ll admit to be mildly amused by all of this playing out across the row from me. I tried to zone out, but it is difficult in a small cabin, especially when I also had an open seat next to me.
So kudos to the guy for trying…it take a certain chutzpah to talk up a person half your age. But the snoring, my dear fellow. That’s a dealbreaker.
image: stock photo from United, not one of the passengers in question!
Man in 4F during deplaning:
“So….Can I call you? Hello? Hey….
Huh, wonder what got into her?!”
Maybe he had sleep apnea…
That’s what I was thinking. Sleep apnea is quite common.
The man should have gone back to his seat to sleep. Sleeping in the next seat, even if he did not snore, would not have scored any points.
One thing I like about British Airways’ business class is the window seats come close to being a little cabin.
In the old days, you didn’t have to hit on other passengers because the flight attendants were actually attractive.
They probably think the same thing about you.
We are all flight attendants on this blessed day.
She’s crazy: accepts some sleazebag moving into the vacant space beside her? “F Off, buster” should have been her first/only words.
I feel bad saying this but enough of the STUPID ARTICLES your blog is filled with dumb stories about your travels that are completely unimportant like this one. Try writing some interesting stuff about the airline industry not your stupid stories that you exaggerate and try to make exciting.
YMMV…
hahahahaha best response. I think I’ll use this in everyday parlance more often.
Actually back in the day when I was younger (mid 1990’s) I used to fly quite a bit for work. I have to admit one time I encountered a really beautiful woman flying in first class with me. We started flirting and turns out we were in town for the same convention! She actually asked the guy next to me if she could switch and a bit shameful to admit now but we ended up hooking up!
I don’t think there was anything wrong with it as we were both single. But the funny thing is that was a route that I flew quite often and I knew the flight attendants. The funny thing was 2 weeks after that the flight attendant from that flight joked that I was really easy. I admitted I was and we ended up meeting up as well.
Ah the days before #MeToo. These days I’d be too afraid of getting accused of sexual harassment even though in both cases the females initiated the flirting.
Here are a couple of hints:
If a woman tells you “no”, “no thanks”, “stop”, or any similar variation? Chances are you won’t be accused of sexual harassment.
If the woman initiates the flirting? Chances are you won’t be accused of sexual harassment.
I know, I know, it can be confusing for some. But it shouldn’t be.
Sorry, that second line should read
If a woman tells you “no”, “no thanks”, “stop”, or any similar variation, and you do what she says? Chances are you won’t be accused of sexual harassment.
Thanks for the tip.
I hope that’s not a picture of her up top.
So the young woman was 18 and the older gent 36?
Double that.
Almost missed this disclaimer: “image: stock photo from United, not one of the passengers in question!”
I did miss it. I looked all around the picture itself. Looks like I picked a bad week to quit drinking coffee.
Noice?
Repeating my offer to proof your articles before posting….
For all the equality BS, women are chauvinist. They want a guy who earns more than them, spends money on them and in return they spread their legs. Always trying to date up. Women are a few decades behind guys in terms of changing their attitudes.
Besides #metoo we also need to have a #bitchplease movement.
Ah Debit, cheer up! They’re making great advances in sex robots.
#masculinitysofragile