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April 23, 2007
I Would have been Better Prepared for Turbulence
Have you ever had a flight attendant purposefully kick you? I’m not talking about some sort of light tap to the leg or contact that was done in jest, but a full-fledged kick done with actual malice. If you’ve experienced such a thing and want to start a club for fellow members, count me in because that’s exactly what happened to me on a recent flight.
As the passenger to my left told a different, much younger flight attendant, “It’s time for the old bag to retire.” The “old bag” in this case was the flight attendant who kicked me.
Apparently, sitting in an exit row, listening to an iPod, and reading a book are grounds for being kicked these days. (To give you some factual background, the “old bag” (a.k.a. “Crypt Keeper’s Wife”) needed to use the phone. I didn’t hear her ask me to move my stretched-out legs because, well, I was reading a book and listening to my iPod. So, instead of gently tapping me or making a second reasonable attempt to gain my attention, she cocked her leg and kicked me.)
Needless to say, I was more confused than Anderson Cooper at a Gentlemen’s Club.
Comments
You should have filed a battery suit against her... and gotten free airfare for life. ;)
Posted by: My So-Called Law School at April 23, 2007 02:39 AM
Pretty sure I'd have trouble proving damages!
Posted by: Fool at April 23, 2007 09:13 PM
Oh, come on! You're a lawyer! You didn't think about going into the bathroom and roughing up your leg a bit to get it all nice and bruised up? There's your damages!
... but then you'd go down in history as the guy who let a flight attendant kick his ass. I can see why you kept your mouth shut. :)
Posted by: Faith at April 24, 2007 01:18 PM
Apparently "the old bag" still works out. She probably kicks someone daily ;-)
Posted by: LisaBinDaCity at April 24, 2007 06:48 PM
