Enjoyable/Aggravating Travel Note

Now I understand what Peter King means when he writes his enjoyable/aggravating travel note of the week.

It is not like a travel all that often, and when I do, it is normally with someone else that I know or the plane has entertainment...well not yesterday.

The first thing is the no entertainment on the plane. If JetBlue can put TVs in every headrest, why can't the bigger carriers? If you aren't going to give me my own personal TV, then at least have a screen for everyone to enjoy the pre-packaged entertainment. I understand it is a shorter flight (2 hours), but that still gives me plenty of time to watch a couple of Seinfeld episodes.

My seat mates on these flights were both rather normal, one put in ear plugs as soon as he sat down which indicated to me he didn't wish to converse. Halfway through the flight though he begins to talk to me, but I am still not sure he heard my answers. The other was returning from Costa Rica and was catching the same connection. He had some good tales about his time in Costa Rica, but was a tad grumpy, since on his previous flight he was seated next to a teenager who coughed for 4 straight hours. The parents didn't once acknowledge their child to ensure he wasn't going to die and no one offered him drinks, cough drops or even gum. Then on our flight, we were lucky enough to be seated 3 rows infront of the screaming baby. Joy!

If I had to say something was enjoyable about my travel yesterday, it was that my luggage was the first piece to come out onto the conveyor belt. One and done!