Dropped my rental car off at JER and parked up. Car behind me starts beeping at me like I've taken their unassigned space. I've no idea what the person wanted, but whatever. I park up, drop the keys into the box, and walk to Departures.

30 seconds later, I hear puffing behind me as the rental car guy brushes past me. He's in a rush, mutters something to me, and speeds off.

I know I've got plenty of time, but I'm now annoyed because of this guy.

Fortunately Departures is quiet, so I'm in the lounge pretty swiftly - and say in my eye-line is Rental Car Guy. He spots me, stares at me, then down, then back to me, and then away. It's very odd, but each to their own.

Boarding is called, and as I get to the Lounge Door, RCG pushes into me and dashes to the gate. Naturally the plane isn't ready, so we wait in the pen - and I'm now in a mood so sit right next to RCG. He mutters something, and I ask him to speak up - he doesn't.

Group 1 is called, so I stand up, as does he. We walk to the aircraft, him pushing his way past others for the 10 metre dash up the ramp. We board, and because life is never simple, he's sat next to me - except I know there's a seat-block for the middle seat...and he doesn't.

Well we're now 18 minutes into the flight, and my bag is having a most wonderful time in the empty aisle seat.

M