I came back yesterday from a flight to Orlando that took me through both Nashville and Kansas City. Southwest is a cool airline, and, even though the non-reserved seating can be a little bit of a pain at times, you can't beat the price and the friendliness of the attendants.
On the first leg of the trip, from Vegas to Kansas City, there was hardly anyone on the plane. Since I had to get up at 4 am to catch the flight, I was more than happy to stretch out across the row and snooze a bit. I didn't want to get my sandal dirt on the seats, so I took my sandals off and stretched out barefoot. (This will become relevant in a moment)
I couldn't get to sleep. The man in the seat behind me was sniffing. Now, normally, I don't make such an issue of breathing...most people need to do it from time to time, but this man had taken oxygen inhalation to the ridiculous extreme. He was sniffing, not breathing. He sniffed like he had a runny nose, and, rather than blow his nose, would prefer to drive others crazy with his constant sniffing. I calculated an average sniff rate of 40 times per minute. 40 times a minute, folks! I debated the etiquette of leaning over the seat and asking him if he'd like me to go get him some Kleenex, but I think that Miss Manners would have disapproved.
So I sit up. No use in trying to sleep counting sniffs instead of sheep, I guess. To my creeped-out surprise, the man in the seat opposite me could not take his eyes off my bare feet. I got a really bad vibe from him. He apparently was ogling my bare feet the entire time. In fact, I ended up having to tuck my feet under my legs to get him to stop. Eeew.
Does Kansas City house a permanent freak-show> What are they feeding their men over there?
My pet peeve is heavy breathers. I cannot stand when I have to listen to a heavy breather. Unfortunately, my dad happens to be in the club... :(
At least the starer didn't make an advance at your feet.
Posted by: JennySmith at April 2, 2004 11:46 AMI tend to be a sniffer. Not 40 times a minute but I do tend to sniff. I've become aware of it and I try to stop myself when I notice but I'm sure I've annoyed a few people.
Do you have particlularly good looking feet? I'm not a feet person but I guess if they were really gorgeous ....
Posted by: at April 2, 2004 2:42 PMI don't have bad looking feet, but I'm nowhere near a Dr. Scholl's modeling contract. I do have cute red toenails and cute silver toe rings, though. Maybe that pushed my feet into the fetishistic range.
Posted by: Jen at April 3, 2004 12:32 PM