Sometimes you see things you just don't believe, I did a double take.
12:40 AA flight today, DFW-ORD, just before takeoff, center seat exit row shaved head guy inserts index finger into his nose up to the first joint, digs vigorously, wipes finger on pants leg (his own pants leg thank god), reflects briefly on his progress in locating whatever he was looking for in there (missing car keys, perhaps), and repeats this process 7-8 times before he was satisfied his results.
Pilot announces we are landing at O'Hare, begins descent, and apparently he once again became anxious that without those missing car keys he couldn't get home, because he repeated that same process:
- Excavate to depth of one knuckle.
- Inspect fingertip carefully.
- Wipe on pants leg.
- Repeat
At which point I was really wishing that instead of an just an armrest between us that there had been something a little more substantial.