Invasion of the Pig People
Mar 12, 2009, 8:24 pm
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Invasion of the Pig People
I really hope this isn't an FTer.
I'm sitting in an airport club room at a table using my computer. At the table behind is some guy who, evidently, is suffering from a cold. He's hacking, snorting and doing that charming trick where you inhale and swallow what would otherwise have dripped out your nose. He's also chomping on some snacks and, because he can't breathe through his nose, he's doing a pretty good imitation of a cow chewing cud. The net effect is disgusting beyond all belief.
I was all spread out, but I've packed up everything and moved across the room.
If you're this sick, please at least have the courtesy to stay away from other people if you have to fly at all.
I'm sitting in an airport club room at a table using my computer. At the table behind is some guy who, evidently, is suffering from a cold. He's hacking, snorting and doing that charming trick where you inhale and swallow what would otherwise have dripped out your nose. He's also chomping on some snacks and, because he can't breathe through his nose, he's doing a pretty good imitation of a cow chewing cud. The net effect is disgusting beyond all belief.
I was all spread out, but I've packed up everything and moved across the room.
If you're this sick, please at least have the courtesy to stay away from other people if you have to fly at all.
Mar 12, 2009, 9:20 pm
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So, given the choice, would you rather sit next to this guy on your next flight, or a row full of healthy children? 
Mar 12, 2009, 10:37 pm
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Mar 13, 2009, 5:36 am
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I really hope this isn't an FTer.
I'm sitting in an airport club room at a table using my computer. At the table behind is some guy who, evidently, is suffering from a cold. He's hacking, snorting and doing that charming trick where you inhale and swallow what would otherwise have dripped out your nose. He's also chomping on some snacks and, because he can't breathe through his nose, he's doing a pretty good imitation of a cow chewing cud. The net effect is disgusting beyond all belief.
I was all spread out, but I've packed up everything and moved across the room.
If you're this sick, please at least have the courtesy to stay away from other people if you have to fly at all.
I'm sitting in an airport club room at a table using my computer. At the table behind is some guy who, evidently, is suffering from a cold. He's hacking, snorting and doing that charming trick where you inhale and swallow what would otherwise have dripped out your nose. He's also chomping on some snacks and, because he can't breathe through his nose, he's doing a pretty good imitation of a cow chewing cud. The net effect is disgusting beyond all belief.
I was all spread out, but I've packed up everything and moved across the room.
If you're this sick, please at least have the courtesy to stay away from other people if you have to fly at all.
Mar 13, 2009, 9:13 pm
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Could have been a cultural thing -- in some parts of the world "inhaling and swallowing" is considered to be more polite than blowing the stuff out into the open and exposing everyone around to it. Apart from that it's also healthier because you don't risk to press the slime into your sinuses and get a serious infection. And let's not forget that it's a most natural process: even when you are not sick, this liquid in your nose drips down into your stomach automatically (I'm glad it does -- the alternative is not very appealing).
As for eating while breathing through your moth: I agree -- I still have my difficulties getting used to that and probably would have moved as well.
HTB.
As for eating while breathing through your moth: I agree -- I still have my difficulties getting used to that and probably would have moved as well.
HTB.
Mar 15, 2009, 12:59 pm
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Speaking of behavior in an airline club, last month I saw a guy open a 2 quart plastic bag and fill it with trail mix at the AA AC in MIA. Today at the AA AC at Lax, one guy shoved about 20 cookies in his bag. Another young guy, not a teenager, was dressed in gym clothes (and gym clothes that I would not wear to the gym) and obvisiously very unshowered (even when there is a shower facility at the AC).
Mar 15, 2009, 1:49 pm
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I admit to "stocking up" when UA puts Walkers Shortbread Cookies out in the RCC. My rationale is that, usually, UA's non-fruit-and-veggie offerings always contain chocolate, which I must avoid because chocolate is a migraine trigger. On those rare occasions when UA provides a snack I can eat, I intend to get my money's worth. Accordingly, you'll get my Walker Shortbreads when you pry them from my cold, dead hand.
Mar 16, 2009, 2:55 pm
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Sitting in the "upstairs" PC at EWR (entrance across from C74), an obviously exhausted gentleman was sprawled in one of the less-substantial armchairs close to the glass surrounding the mezzanine. He was sound asleep, and emitted an extremely loud and reverberant snore . . . occasionally broken with a complete lapse of any identifiable breathing (sleep apnea?)
I'll match this for annoying against any "snuckler" you care to present . . .
I'll match this for annoying against any "snuckler" you care to present . . .