Choosing your seatmate, oh boy!
Mar 27th, 2006, 11:33 AM
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Actually, I'm on airtroductions.com but not as a paying member. I signed up because I know the guy who started the site.....it seems like a dating site, but not necessarily. There are a lot of people on there (like me) just hoping there might be a good seatmate to choose from so I don't end up with a smelly snorer or something. In this day and age, where the airlines stuff you into the planes like cattle, you pray that your seatmate is a good one to share your personal space with for 5 hours.
My best flight, by the way, was when I was next to a Russian grandmother who doted on me the entire flight!
My best flight, by the way, was when I was next to a Russian grandmother who doted on me the entire flight!
Mar 27th, 2006, 11:51 AM
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Here are my preferences for my (future) profile on seatmates.com:
1. No talking during flight, except for the final 5 minutes. 5 minutes is plenty to get to know someone's story and ask for a card if you wanted to follow-up. It would also time box the conversation in case it was someone you couldn't stand.
2. Person must weigh less than 200 lbs and be reasonable with the armrests (before you start ripping on me for discrimination, I'm over 200 lbs. Just don't want to sit shoulder to shoulder with another guy my size)
3. If person wears headphones, I don't want to hear your music.
4. No smelly food.
5. Absolutely no fingernail filing, cutting, or polishing on the plane (you'd be amazed how often this happens)
My tactic, if I can tell someone will be annoying, is to put the headphones on. Gives a clear message without being rude. I've had many a flight where the headphones are plugged into absolutely nothing inside my bag, just to stop someone from talking to me!
1. No talking during flight, except for the final 5 minutes. 5 minutes is plenty to get to know someone's story and ask for a card if you wanted to follow-up. It would also time box the conversation in case it was someone you couldn't stand.
2. Person must weigh less than 200 lbs and be reasonable with the armrests (before you start ripping on me for discrimination, I'm over 200 lbs. Just don't want to sit shoulder to shoulder with another guy my size)
3. If person wears headphones, I don't want to hear your music.
4. No smelly food.
5. Absolutely no fingernail filing, cutting, or polishing on the plane (you'd be amazed how often this happens)
My tactic, if I can tell someone will be annoying, is to put the headphones on. Gives a clear message without being rude. I've had many a flight where the headphones are plugged into absolutely nothing inside my bag, just to stop someone from talking to me!
May 11th, 2006, 09:57 PM
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melissaHI~ wouldn't it just be easier to have the singles in a separate waiting lounge, then before the flight, they could pick each other out? Shoot, back in the day, I might have liked that,lol.
Thinking of the lucky winners I used to get and having the choice would be refreshing. (Hard to believe I passed up a free trip to Paris and a life of luxury in Jeddah, the chance to keep most of my skin forever safe from the desert sun and a life of relative luxury- nope, I didn't fall for that scenario).
p.s. the guy's skin was so bad that he made Edward James Olmos(Miami Vice) look like Donny Osmond.
Thinking of the lucky winners I used to get and having the choice would be refreshing. (Hard to believe I passed up a free trip to Paris and a life of luxury in Jeddah, the chance to keep most of my skin forever safe from the desert sun and a life of relative luxury- nope, I didn't fall for that scenario).
p.s. the guy's skin was so bad that he made Edward James Olmos(Miami Vice) look like Donny Osmond.
May 11th, 2006, 11:02 PM
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ha ha! Actually, that would be a good idea except....what if someone in the singles lounge picks you, but you'd never pick them? With me and my luck, I'd get picked & stalked by a "winner." At least online I can lie about changing my flight plans!
May 12th, 2006, 08:47 AM
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Yeah, it would have to be mutual consent, especially on longer flights or international.
Funny to think of what initially attracts people, when any day, you can waltz into a mall or box store and see some extremely unmatched couples,lol.(Like the show where parents see in twenty years what the unhealthy kids will look like)..
Makes me think of my husband's favorite line:
"You could have done worse!"
Funny to think of what initially attracts people, when any day, you can waltz into a mall or box store and see some extremely unmatched couples,lol.(Like the show where parents see in twenty years what the unhealthy kids will look like)..
Makes me think of my husband's favorite line:
"You could have done worse!"
