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At Burbank, you still board the plane forward and aft, as in, no jetways, just stairs..  I stroll to the rear of the plane as I typically have exit row 16/ 17.  Fuck all of that shit up front with, "Would you like a fucking Mimosa while all of these folks are trying to board?"

It eliminates the entitled bullshit, as well.

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I’ve traveled a decent amount (personal and professional) and have never found the need or want to get wound up about anything along the way.

People losing their shit along the way has never made any sense to me.

Couple of anecdotes - VERY tangentially related…
- My family (all 7 of us) were traveling to Boston for an extended family event.  My youngest was around 10 months and was feeling kinda shitty.  He whined for most of the flight.  As most parents know, your own kid whining/crying on the flight is FAR worse for us than it is for someone else.  And likely even worse for the kid.  Business trip a-hole 1 row behind was sitting there for the entire trip shaking his head, groaning, etc.  Oh well.  My 10 month old son had a stomach ache and filled his diaper on descent :)
- Traveling from HOU to SFO in early 90s, a woman had a heart attack 2 rows in front of me.  I randomly look up and see a persons head hit the seat in front of her.  Her row-mates realize there is an issue and alert the staff.  Since it was early in the flight, we do an emergency landing in El Paso - somewhat harrowing.  Fortunately, there was an ER doc from Ben Taub and a cardiologist on the flight.  They saved her life.
- On an international trip to Taipei in late 2010s, I got upgraded to first class on a United 747.  We’re sitting on the tarmac for an extended time.  Guy next to me is pounding Mai Tais, preparing for the 12 hour slumber.  Well, flight gets canceled and he’s hammered.  We go to the United lounge to try to rebook and he’s convinced (despite at least a half dozen counter-proofs) that EVA has a seat he can get on.  He gets pissed off, yells at the helper - and those in line, for good measure.  Storms out of the United First Class Lounge to head over to EVA to get that non-existent seat.  We all celebrated his exit. 

Otherwise, I have lucked out.

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