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Old Sep 20, 2017, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by apodo77
heck overhead bins used to be open and you could hang a baby from them.

pretty sure I've recounted this elsewhere, but it's always a good story ...

a longtime friend and her husband traveled extensively through Asia during her NW days as a res agent in SEA and assistant station manager in DAY (mid to late 1980s) ... she tells of several instances when non-native-English-speaking pax -- who had clearly interpreted "Place all carry-on items in the overhead bins" literally -- had put a bassinet with a baby in it into the bin and closed the door
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