Seen That! But still amazes me

Keep an eye at this place since I am in the thinking phase of which amazement I am planning to share with all. I am sure that you must have also been there some time witnessed it first hand.

Well its all going to come back at you...






Cabin Bag Rush: Since the 18th century Gold Rush, little of such widespread interest and intrigue has happened to keep people’s competitive spirit on the edge. It is a time-centric sport, jump up too early and you will be hushed back to your confinement by the taunting attendants who may belt you up… hey don’t go there… no I ain’t talking leather, mister, too late and you will be caught in the Great traffic jam… So it’s actually much like a 100m dash.

The idea is to anticipate the seatbelt sign going off and before the first decibel is emitted from that ‘ping’ alarm, you should already have opened the overhead lockers, grabbed your bag and made it to the door. And get extra points if you can displace other stuff and a bonus if the same lands on someone’s head. Such excitement, such thrill, such effort and such a sense of accomplishment...and all for waiting together to leave the departure lounge and stand by the baggage conveyer waiting for your bag to appear.

The ever-popular rebel: I mean we all know how little there is to do for air service staff. I know you can’t say air hostess anymore but I am clueless as to what is the current correct reference. Some people who don’t wear a seat belt or keep their seats reclined, tables unfastened, screens lowered, etc. are just creating a sense of purpose for these otherwise (sometimes lost) youngsters. They have the daunting task of ensuring that people who couldn’t comprehend the instructions read in at least two languages with a smile on their faces. I think removing a seat belt when the seat-belt sign gives some kind of cheap thrill. The kind one gets from flouting the law, when no one’s looking.


In fact, the only act of trust that we get to witness is that we hand over our lives into the hands of a couple of people who we don’t know or haven’t even seen. These were same guys who I am not sure were either smashed a few hours back by some good liquor. Or just had a very upsetting argument with some one on the way to the airport

Mobile phone pressure: Asking a person to switch off his / her mobile phone is the new social equivalent of public embarrassment; you would rather switch off the person’s pacemaker or life support systems. Because when you make them switch of their mobiles, it would appear that you kill them not just clinically, but also socially, financially and most of all, painfully. And as the plane comes in for a landing people reach out for their phones as if they were oxygen masks being deployed for emergency. People like to check whether their driver has arrived with such a sense of urgency it would seem that their driver was going to bus the plane from the runway to the docking gate. I have started hating that that annoying tune which all Nokia phones play when you switch them on.

Some useless rant

Till later!
Cheers