...love air travel! A change from the routine, all sorts of new people , no expectations from anyone, unlimited fakeness.
Alright, to avoid a quick end to this one, let me expand the above a little.
A change from routine: Especially on long trips, you have the whole trip to yourself. If you can muster it, solitude even.Both the to and fro destinations are filled with people or work or expectations, but the journey itself--status staticus(solemn static state I mean).
New people: obvious.
Unlimited fakeness: The same fakeness that you are served everyday seems nice when served on a short term, if you know what I mean. The air-hostesses and the hosts in particular...politeness and grace is a thing of the past, they have to overdo things. Well, who can blame anyone as that is all you find everywhere else. But as always, credit where it's due-This particular Etihad crew was just polite with just the appropriate camaraderie,bless them. One small bunch of passengers did get excited and would make up every little excuse to make up conversations with them at the back. When I asked the host if they were creating the turbulence on purpose so that the dudes would get back to their seats, sure enough he said that he wished the turbulence stayed all through the flight duration...lol.
So with all this going on, you don't have any expectations from anyone, no buildup of trust ,no bullshit. Almost a microcosm of life itself- you live alone and you damn sure die alone-quoting Dr. Cox from Scrubs.
The chickenburger from McDonald's at AbuDhabi airport was scrumptious btw,. I don't get to savour it in US for lack of halal meat.
One other issue, one which I'm a tad passionate about, busting cliches. "The silent ones are the ones who are more dangerous and to be careful with" or something like that. Borrowing another line from Scrubs- 'People are bastards coated bastards with bastard filling' that includes all people, silent and non-silent. So, it's just crazy to single them out. If I'm being polite I'd say they are humans too and they have the same sins among them as the others so it'd be you who needs to smarten the fuck up. And if I'm being blunt I'd say Smarten the fuck up you dumb pieces of you know what, cos at least the silent ones have the dignity to not justify their vices, to keep things under wraps knowing that wrong is wrong and are most likely in a state of internal struggle unlike the other group who go around happily doing all they want and also are easily adjusted and ego-syntonic with themselves. So next time you wanna utter some dumb cliche like that, think once more if you can, do everyone a favor and shut the fuck up!
Alright, to avoid a quick end to this one, let me expand the above a little.
A change from routine: Especially on long trips, you have the whole trip to yourself. If you can muster it, solitude even.Both the to and fro destinations are filled with people or work or expectations, but the journey itself--status staticus(solemn static state I mean).
New people: obvious.
Unlimited fakeness: The same fakeness that you are served everyday seems nice when served on a short term, if you know what I mean. The air-hostesses and the hosts in particular...politeness and grace is a thing of the past, they have to overdo things. Well, who can blame anyone as that is all you find everywhere else. But as always, credit where it's due-This particular Etihad crew was just polite with just the appropriate camaraderie,bless them. One small bunch of passengers did get excited and would make up every little excuse to make up conversations with them at the back. When I asked the host if they were creating the turbulence on purpose so that the dudes would get back to their seats, sure enough he said that he wished the turbulence stayed all through the flight duration...lol.
So with all this going on, you don't have any expectations from anyone, no buildup of trust ,no bullshit. Almost a microcosm of life itself- you live alone and you damn sure die alone-quoting Dr. Cox from Scrubs.
The chickenburger from McDonald's at AbuDhabi airport was scrumptious btw,. I don't get to savour it in US for lack of halal meat.
One other issue, one which I'm a tad passionate about, busting cliches. "The silent ones are the ones who are more dangerous and to be careful with" or something like that. Borrowing another line from Scrubs- 'People are bastards coated bastards with bastard filling' that includes all people, silent and non-silent. So, it's just crazy to single them out. If I'm being polite I'd say they are humans too and they have the same sins among them as the others so it'd be you who needs to smarten the fuck up. And if I'm being blunt I'd say Smarten the fuck up you dumb pieces of you know what, cos at least the silent ones have the dignity to not justify their vices, to keep things under wraps knowing that wrong is wrong and are most likely in a state of internal struggle unlike the other group who go around happily doing all they want and also are easily adjusted and ego-syntonic with themselves. So next time you wanna utter some dumb cliche like that, think once more if you can, do everyone a favor and shut the fuck up!
