Murphy's Law For Frequent Flyers

Murphy\'s Law For Frequent Flyers

Here's two:

- No flights will ever leave from Gate 1

- Crying babies will always be seated in the seat next to yours.

Can you think of any?

Marty

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They will always run out of the chicken if you wanted the chicken or the beef if you wanted that or the fish or ...

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No flight will leave on time unless you arrive late.

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Not sitting in an asle seat, you always have to go to the toilet during meals and when the trolley is in the middle of the asle.

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The bag they allowed you to carry on the first leg of your trip will be too large for the connection?

Even worse than babies are folks with extremely strong religious convictions that insist on sharing them with you no matter what you tell them?

Toddler behind you kicking the seat non-rhythmically for a 6 hour flight?

After finishing the Venti Mocha that you paid $10 for at the airport starbucks, the plane takes off and the captain comes on before you can get up to go to the bathroom and says "We're expecting some turbulence for the next few thousand miles, everyone please stay in their seats."


You know it's going to be bad anytime the captain asks the stewardesses to remain seated... We flew into Denver that way once. We "enjoyed" a few moments of weightlessness during the landing approach. Otherwise it didn't seem like a bad storm. We were so unhappy with the idea of flying again that day that we gave up our seats. They were so thrilled to get some of the more irate people out of there that the airline put us up overnight in a hotel. Which they didn't have to do since the delays were weather related.

I'm not afraid of flying, but I certainly don't enjoy it! yuck.

BUT, one good thing comes out of all the security. At least you'll be guaranteed that the fellow sitting next to you wont start clipping his toenails. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

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One meal/drink at a time in flight is never enough.

We are seating rows 1 to 35 first. You will be in row 36.

One or more of the headphone's stereo channels will not function correctly.

You always beat your baggage no matter how relaxed you are about getting to the reclaim.

The one item that never causes concern through security will be the one item subjected to intense inspection during a random bag search.

Don't you find that you never fit the selection profile for the random searches security perform.

Al

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You'll be sitting on the toliet when the plane starts bouncing up & down, and the "Return To Seat" light comes on.

On a flight that should have clear skies all the way, the captain flies through a thunderstorm, causing purses, plates, cups, and plastic silverware to go *everywhere*.

Sound comes out of only one earpiece in the stereo headphones, regardless of what channel you turn to.

You're just getting up to go to the bathroom, and the "Fasten Seatbelt" light comes on. No turbulence whatsoever is subsequently encountered.

The toliets at the airport repeatedly flush by themselves while you're still seated on them, splashing ice cold toliet water all over your privates. Or, the only free toliet has a foot-tall seat-riser thing on it that cannot be taken off; and your flight leaves in a few minutes.

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Airport 75 is the inflight movie /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

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Hmmm.

The nearest free overhead space is 5 rows back.

You are sitting behind the "screamer" when turbulence hits (I considered smothering the woman with a pillow on that flight!)

And finally, Your wife, who is taking a desperately needed vacation from teaching special ed kids, is separated from you by a family that needs 4 seats in a row to handle their kicking, screaming special ed kids! (happened going to and from Orlando last year)

Chris

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i use to love flying but don't anymore. not worried about terrorists, it's the idiots running security. they'll stop everybody and everything except what resembles the hi jackers and their weapon of choice that day. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif god forbid we offend anybody. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twak.gif

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The people sitting around you all seem to be sniffling, coughing and sneezing and you just read an article on how easily disease is transmitted in the confines of an airplane. Also the flight is a continuation from SARs hotspot Beijing and the flight attendants are wearing surgical masks and latex gloves.