So I am in the Amsterdam airport right now, and I can say it is approximately 5000 (five thousand) times better then any in the US. They have free showers. I'm not sure what time it is in the US, but I am wide awake with my *gasp* 2 HOURS OF SLEEP I got on the flight here.
Thankfully I had an empty seat next to me, but it was just too small for me to comfortably fetal position in. After hours of trying to get comfortable and looking at the amazing inventions of today in Skymall I finally got in a nice comfortable position... then the guy behind me turned on his 5000 watt overhead light and made me blind and unable to sleep. After another couple hours I found out that if I laid on the floor and put the tray tables down, it would block the light. I was so comfortable.
Then right when I fell asleep, a stewardess in a really bad mood kicked me and said (not lovingly): "Sweety, if you lay down there I am going to have to be cleaning up brains off of the floor."
I had no idea what she meant by that, but I assumed it meant she didn't want me laying down there. I sleepily said "Ok, I'm getting up..." To which she replied...
"Get up."
No confusion there... except that I had previously informed her of my intentions of following her command.
Me: "Ok, I got it" *waves for her to leave*
Mean Woman: "I'm not moving till you get up!"
Now here is the direction I wanted to make this conversation go:
Me: "Then you are going to get tired of standing." *falls back asleep for the remaining 4 hours of flight, wakes up refreshed*
This is how it really went:
Me: "*miscellaneous groans of annoyance* Uh... gar... yeah... hold... ughhh... (continues babbling and trying to get up through the small space in the chair) there you go." *Watches old movies for the rest of the trip, peeing every ten minutes because CamelBack is so big.*
I don't know why I shared that with you.
5 hours till I leave for entebbe!
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Ah, I remember those days of you guys sleeping on the floor next to the seats on the long flights to and from HK. I guess they're a little more particular about it now; although we would get some warnings like, "If the overhead bins open and stuff falls on your kids, we're not responsible!" We didn't care - we just wanted some rest!
Amsterdam sounds great - you gotta love an airport with free showers!
you are hilarious justin!!! skip and melissa hagan thanks for the laughs :0)
Awesome, that sounds like something you would only do, have a fight with a flight attendant, about sleep... but it seems fun!
Hahahaha, that was so amusing. I always have those "this is how I wanted the conversation to go" moments...
Btw, I really wonder if that pile of clothes is all you are bringing. maybe its all you need. Hopefully you have more undies.
I'm not surprised, I know exactly how the whole thing would go if I were there next to you. I'd fight you about laying down there but you would do it anyways. Then I would join in with the stewardess in being obnoxious. Remind me to get separate seating from you when we travel together to such places to avoid conflict.
PS: Emphasis on "when".
PSS: As in "I know it's going to happen."
I love you, man.
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