Tourist Spots for the Extreme Introvert
People-free paradise You say you’re an introvert? You say you really hate crowds? You hate them more than lutefisk, filing taxes, and paper cuts? Are you oh so […]
Tag: air travel
Thank You for Losing My Luggage
[The following is a true story.] Dear United Airlines Customer Severance Department, I’m sorry. Did I write Customer Severance? Silly me. I meant “Customer Service.” Just like your airline meant to get my luggage from […]
Laws Against Sexism, Selfies, and Such
In Belgium, they recently convicted a man of sexism. It’s true. For the first time since a law was passed four years ago, a criminal court there convicted a man of “sexism in […]
United Airlines Brings Back Its Friendly Skies
Lately, United Airlines’ longstanding motto, Fly the Friendly Skies, has taken a serious tumble. On a recent flight four passengers were told they had to disembark to make room for airline personnel. One of the […]
Flying Coach vs. First Class
I have flown all over the world – to Europe, to China, and against my better judgment, once to Scranton, PA. But I’ve never flown first class. I had a boss who flew first class […]
Homeland Security Thinks I’m Dangerous?
I am a 70-year-old, chubby half-Italian woman who still feels awful about a handful of mice whose deaths she caused years ago. If I accidentally bump into someone, I apologize over and over, as if […]
When My Family Stopped Ruling the World
200 years ago my great, great, great, great grandfather, Napoleon I, lost the battle of Waterloo. In doing so, he lost control of Europe, his position as emperor of France, and my birthright to rule […]
A Survival Guide for coping with air travel
When Orville Wright first took flight over the beaches of Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903, he couldn’t have imagined that a century later, millions of people the world over would be getting into shouting matches […]
The Tunnel: Some Remarks on Air Travel
Aeroplane – Thomas Cook © by puddy_uk I hate to travel. I do like to be there, mind you, in Kenya or Martinique or wherever, taking it easy, gargling the rum punch, snoozing in the […]