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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 3:16 pm
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wb8iny
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Palm Coast, FL (DAB) USA
Posts: 242
Originally Posted by peachy_
We'll call him Bozo.

I'm sitting happily up front on a packed flight, wondering if the pax in the window seat next to me is going to make it. With minutes to spare, he comes bustling into the cabin, slamming the bins, storing his carry on and officiously directing his female companion to the seat behind him. He is big, loud and brash, dressed in flipflops, shorts and a Polo shirt that is inside out. I get up and he blunders to his seat, dropping on top of his pillow and blanket. There is a loud pop as the plastic enclosing the blanket bursts. He sat on top of them the whole flight.
Feel better?

We have all had "bad seatmates" in both cattle class and first. There have been those with personal hygiene issues, loud talking, snoring, drunk, seatback slamming... the list goes on and on. You just happened to get a number at the same time. I know it feels good to vent, but the best you will probaby get is a little understanding from this group. Been there, done that.

The way I look at it is that 80% of my FC seatmates are really great people. The other 20% I forget real fast.
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