Uncultured

I am so upset with myself right now.

A guy was drinking excessively next to me on the plane with a girl who was seated to his left. Both were flirt laughing. Both just met. And both were very loud. So for three-quarters of the plane ride, I had my headphones on and they were tolerable.

But when the seat-belt sign came on for landing, both of them decided that they needed to go to the washroom. And I explained that they would be told to get back to their seats if they did [based on experience]. Mr dude looks at my shirt then back at me again and says in a condescending voice: "You must be an engineer".

What?! What was that supposed to mean?

So I let the children go pee.

And they were told to get back to their seats.

So miss thang whinges all the way about how she was going to "piss" in her pants. He talks [theoretically] about the plane crashing and the seat-belts not being able to help. And she talks about God and how he does not exist. Because she said [and I kid you not] that if he did, planes would not crash. Then he tells her that she is an intelligent being. And the incessant rambling carries on.

As we land, he turns to me and tells me that miss thang needed to go to the loo. Right after the air stewardess announced that the seat-belt signs were still on and to remain seated.

Oh mah!

I was shaking. Literally shaking.

He had triggered my [never seen or heard before] bitch mode.

And boy did I give him a piece of my mind.

Terrible, I know. Two wrongs do not make a right. It was awful. And it went a little bit like this:

"This is not my rule yo. They are going to make you go back to your seats. The seat-belt sign is on..." and I cannot recall what I said after. But there was no profanity used. And while I was stern voiced, I was not loud. Well, not too loud anyway.

He reminded me too much of the many feral men of Perth. The loud, alcohol smelling, desperate, disrespectful, foul mouthed men of Perth.

And she... she actually looked decent. She may have been loud but she looked like she had a good head on her shoulders. Well, until she opened her mouth that is.

I now appreciate more than ever the company of proper, respectful people with real intelligence.

Maketh me laugh.

Here's to airplane dramas.