SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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Part of the hell I was placed in on my flight home was caused by a seat mate. My wife and I had boarded the plane and taken seats in the back. I grabbed the window seat and my wife grabbed the middle seat. We knew we would be sharing the row as the flight was full.
Towards the end of the boarding we saw her lumbering her ponderous way down the aisle. She brushed against the people on either side of the aisle without appology. She shoved passed the stewardess, pushing her into the narrow and occupied gap between two seats.
When she reached the back of the plane she looked at the aisle seat and ordered my wife to move, she was going to have the middle seat. When my wife looked at her and motioned towards the aisle seat this woman started calling my wife every name in the book. Rather than argue and cause the flight to be delayed more than it already was my wife unbuckled and slid out of her seat.
This woman wedged her way into the gap between the rows of seats then struggled into her seat. I was already gasping from the odor coming from her. She stuffed herself between the arms of her seat and started in on my wife and myself even as my wife slid into what was left of her seat. She accused my wife of getting fresh as she looked for and found the one end of the seat belt.
After the flight took off this woman struggled a bit then raised the chair arms to give her some more room. When I protested at this she told me to shut up and stop being discriminatory towards those heavier than I was. Discriminatory hell. I was being crushed against the bulkhead while my wife was being shoved out and into the aisle. The stench coming from this woman was overpowering. (The people in front of us complained about it.) After fifteen minutes I could no longer deal with it. I literaly climbed the wall to get out of my seat by having my wife open the overhead bin, grabbing the edge and pulling myself up and out. My wife and I spent the next hour and a quarter standing in the aisle while listening to this behomoth complain about everything dealing with the flight.
The flight crew was more than sympathetic to our plight. I was given two cans of beer and my wife was given a couple of glasses of wine. We were also given all the coffee, soda and snacks we wanted. (You have to pay for the beer and wine.) The head stewardess talked with us for quite a while and made sure to take our ticket numbers and E-Mail.
When we landed the pilot came out of his cubbyhole and appologised to my wife and myself. I thanked him and made sure to get his name as well as the names of the rest of the crew. (I sent a nice letter to the airline about them last night.)
This evening when I logged on to check my E-Mail I found a rather nice E-Mail from the Airline with a voucher for 4 round trip tickets anywhere in the United States.
Cat
Towards the end of the boarding we saw her lumbering her ponderous way down the aisle. She brushed against the people on either side of the aisle without appology. She shoved passed the stewardess, pushing her into the narrow and occupied gap between two seats.
When she reached the back of the plane she looked at the aisle seat and ordered my wife to move, she was going to have the middle seat. When my wife looked at her and motioned towards the aisle seat this woman started calling my wife every name in the book. Rather than argue and cause the flight to be delayed more than it already was my wife unbuckled and slid out of her seat.
This woman wedged her way into the gap between the rows of seats then struggled into her seat. I was already gasping from the odor coming from her. She stuffed herself between the arms of her seat and started in on my wife and myself even as my wife slid into what was left of her seat. She accused my wife of getting fresh as she looked for and found the one end of the seat belt.
After the flight took off this woman struggled a bit then raised the chair arms to give her some more room. When I protested at this she told me to shut up and stop being discriminatory towards those heavier than I was. Discriminatory hell. I was being crushed against the bulkhead while my wife was being shoved out and into the aisle. The stench coming from this woman was overpowering. (The people in front of us complained about it.) After fifteen minutes I could no longer deal with it. I literaly climbed the wall to get out of my seat by having my wife open the overhead bin, grabbing the edge and pulling myself up and out. My wife and I spent the next hour and a quarter standing in the aisle while listening to this behomoth complain about everything dealing with the flight.
The flight crew was more than sympathetic to our plight. I was given two cans of beer and my wife was given a couple of glasses of wine. We were also given all the coffee, soda and snacks we wanted. (You have to pay for the beer and wine.) The head stewardess talked with us for quite a while and made sure to take our ticket numbers and E-Mail.
When we landed the pilot came out of his cubbyhole and appologised to my wife and myself. I thanked him and made sure to get his name as well as the names of the rest of the crew. (I sent a nice letter to the airline about them last night.)
This evening when I logged on to check my E-Mail I found a rather nice E-Mail from the Airline with a voucher for 4 round trip tickets anywhere in the United States.
Cat
