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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Some woman just asked me to give my aisle seat up for a middle seat in another row so her husband could sit here. Imagine the nerve. It’s a 5+ hr flight.

    I told her that normally I would do it but she’s Muslim and Islam is foul.

    Ok, actually I just said I’m too tall for a middle seat.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • 89th8 Offline
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      Darn, there is a good comedy sketch somewhere (I can't find it) where a wife asks another person to switch seats so she can sit next to his husband and the husband is secretly shaking his head "no" to the person being asked lol.

      Came across these instead.

      Link to video

      Link to video

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      • taiwan_girlT Offline
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        #4

        That second video is correct, "your poor planning is not my emergency"

        On a recent flight, I was in bulkhead, which I like if in economy because of the extra room. Flight attendent comes up and asks if I would be willing to switch with a lady who is traveling with a baby. I asked where she was sitting, and it was like three rows behind me in a middle seat. I politely said no.

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          #5

          The ironic thing is I am in the aisle and Mayla is in the window seat. As of yesterday at check-in, the middle seat was still empty. But as often happens, it was asigned last minute.

          So here I was unwilling to move to a middle seat even to sit with my own better half, and she’s asking me to move to a middle seat so she can sit with hers.

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            The ironic thing is I am in the aisle and Mayla is in the window seat. As of yesterday at check-in, the middle seat was still empty. But as often happens, it was asigned last minute.

            So here I was unwilling to move to a middle seat even to sit with my own better half, and she’s asking me to move to a middle seat so she can sit with hers.

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            @jon-nyc 555

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              The ironic thing is I am in the aisle and Mayla is in the window seat. As of yesterday at check-in, the middle seat was still empty. But as often happens, it was asigned last minute.

              So here I was unwilling to move to a middle seat even to sit with my own better half, and she’s asking me to move to a middle seat so she can sit with hers.

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              @jon-nyc said in Off to SFO:

              The ironic thing is I am in the aisle and Mayla is in the window seat. As of yesterday at check-in, the middle seat was still empty. But as often happens, it was asigned last minute.

              So here I was unwilling to move to a middle seat even to sit with my own better half, and she’s asking me to move to a middle seat so she can sit with hers.

              Yeah, we would do the same. I'm surprised you didn't upgrade to first for that long a flight.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                #8

                This is my 7th west coast trip in 14 months. Paying 2500x2 for the flights would get old fast. I do pay for ‘extra space’ seats or premium economy.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • 89th8 Offline
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                  #9

                  Ha my wife and I do that too, either aisle-aisle or window-aisle, I never understood the urge "to sit together" unless maybe it was to be with your kid.

                  I grab exit row seats any time I can, the leg room is even more than 1st class!

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    This is my 7th west coast trip in 14 months. Paying 2500x2 for the flights would get old fast. I do pay for ‘extra space’ seats or premium economy.

                    MikM Offline
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                    @jon-nyc said in Off to SFO:

                    This is my 7th west coast trip in 14 months. Paying 2500x2 for the flights would get old fast. I do pay for ‘extra space’ seats or premium economy.

                    Prices out of NYC must be high. I seldom pay more than $700-$900.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      $1400 to SFO.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        #12

                        I still reflect on the one time I moved for a young lady who asked me to, so she could sit with her husband. I wouldn't do it again. Somehow it also became my job to go tell her husband that we were to switch seats. He took the news with a wince. I suspect they had already discussed the possibility of her asking the person next to her, whomever that may be, to switch, and he did not want to. So, she asked anyway. Well, his punishment is that he has to live with her, I guess there is some justice there anyway.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          A British friend of mine was once on a plane and pretended to be a newly wed so that he could sit with some floozy he'd just met at the terminal, and then got shit-faced on the plane with her, all the while pretending they'd just got married.

                          I've occasionally considered telling his actual wife what he did. He seemed to attract these people - I once traveled on a train with him from London, and this girl came over and started talking to us about how she liked watching scrotums. It was a very strange journey. At the end of it he asked me why I didn't get her phone number, as she seemed to like me.

                          I was only joking

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                            Dude stop talking about me like I’m not here. And I’m not British, so enough of the insults already.

                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              Dude stop talking about me like I’m not here. And I’m not British, so enough of the insults already.

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                              @jon-nyc said in Off to SFO:

                              Dude stop talking about me like I’m not here. And I’m not British, so enough of the insults already.

                              When I said she liked watching scrotums I wasn't actually talking about you, but I understand the mistake.

                              I was only joking

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                              • MikM Offline
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                                Phibes ran with it before I could.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  #17

                                  Just passed a homeless guy with a hand made sign that said ‘Fuck U Pay Me’

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • 89th8 Offline
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                                    Points for honesty

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                                      It must be extra hard for them these days since few people carry cash.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • MikM Offline
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                                        They have Venmo. Even the destitute must conform.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          They have Venmo. Even the destitute must conform.

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                                          @Mik said in Off to SFO:

                                          They have Venmo. Even the destitute must conform.

                                          Thailand has a QR code payment system. You have to have a Thai bank account and Thai mobile phone #to use, and the system is regulated by the Central Bank.

                                          Vendors have a QR code, which you scan, enter the payment, and show the vendor on your phone that the payment was successful.

                                          Everybody and I mean everybody uses it. The guys pushing the street cart selling ice cream for USD0.50 has it. Restaurants have it. I asked a restaurant owner if there was a commission for it on either buyer or seller, and he told me no.

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