Originally Posted by
crabbing
i came to this thread thinking about my second trans-atlantic flight, where i was sitting next to an army guy who was just shipping out to germany. he talked nearly non-stop - to me!
drove me crazy. he didn't get the hint, even when i visibly put my earphones on and played my walkman.
Poor guy, bet he was apprehensive about his posting. But insensitivity to others can be hazardous. Hope he develops better "radar" in combat, if that's where he was going.
I get irritated when people with carrying voices hold dense conversations within earshot in the plane. But the only time I ever said anything was to the guy with a radio announcer voice who drank too much coffee on a TATL red-eye. The seating was such that I really could have slept, except for my seat being jiggled and the voice that NC Shures couldn't block out. He was very nice but he wouldn't stop talking. So what can ya do?