In this day and age.
I flew to LA to visit my husband for Thanksgiving on Monday the 19th (hadn't seen him in two months!
) and returned Monday the 26th. On the flight over, there was an elderly lady, who must have been suffering from some sort of demensia. About halfway through the flight, she wandered down the aisle past me, toward the emergency exit.
The attendant must have been aware that the lady had problems, because she asked if she needed help. The elderly lady replied that she just wanted to step outside.
AT 33,000 FEET.
The attendant turned her around to help her back to her seat, explaining that she could not go outside for a couple more hours. The lady said something else I couldn't hear, and the attendant replied, "I understand you want to go outside, but your on an airplane."
She was a lot calmer than I was! How unnerving to think this woman was probably attempting to open the freaking door in mid-flight. I kept an eye on her next time I saw her walking the aisle, and wondered why whoever she was with, wasn't doing the same.
On the way home, I was having a pleasant conversation with my seatmate, when we heard a commotion in front of us. Someone was screaming, in true ghetto fashion, "Mumblemumblemumble, I AIN"T PLAYING WITH YOU!" We stopped mid-sentence and looked, along with everyone else, to see what was going on. I was getting into karate mode, in case we had to tackle anybody, and waiting for an attendant to rush to the scene. No one ever did, and thankfully that was the end of it.
Disclaimer: I don't consider the elderly lady to be foolish; I felt sorry for her, but she made me VERY nervous. As for the second flight, I couldn't believe anyone would be that stupid to be screaming like that on a plane. However, I live near Baton Rouge, home of the ghetto superstars, so I really shouldn't have been shocked.
I flew to LA to visit my husband for Thanksgiving on Monday the 19th (hadn't seen him in two months!
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The attendant must have been aware that the lady had problems, because she asked if she needed help. The elderly lady replied that she just wanted to step outside.
AT 33,000 FEET.
The attendant turned her around to help her back to her seat, explaining that she could not go outside for a couple more hours. The lady said something else I couldn't hear, and the attendant replied, "I understand you want to go outside, but your on an airplane."
She was a lot calmer than I was! How unnerving to think this woman was probably attempting to open the freaking door in mid-flight. I kept an eye on her next time I saw her walking the aisle, and wondered why whoever she was with, wasn't doing the same.
On the way home, I was having a pleasant conversation with my seatmate, when we heard a commotion in front of us. Someone was screaming, in true ghetto fashion, "Mumblemumblemumble, I AIN"T PLAYING WITH YOU!" We stopped mid-sentence and looked, along with everyone else, to see what was going on. I was getting into karate mode, in case we had to tackle anybody, and waiting for an attendant to rush to the scene. No one ever did, and thankfully that was the end of it.
Disclaimer: I don't consider the elderly lady to be foolish; I felt sorry for her, but she made me VERY nervous. As for the second flight, I couldn't believe anyone would be that stupid to be screaming like that on a plane. However, I live near Baton Rouge, home of the ghetto superstars, so I really shouldn't have been shocked.
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