Hi Folks. Finally catching up after a few days back in the States. The highlight was seeing the kids--especially the Father-Daughter Dance. Jules and I had a very nice evening together. We waltzed and learned a couple other dances. I tried to teach her a little Cha-Cha and Tango. And of course, I had to join her for the Electric Slide and a couple more modern dances. No Boot Scoot Boogie though, what's up with that? Ok, that was the GOOD.
Racked up another handful of Skymiles on Delta...and I earned them this time. As I mention in the title of this blog, DXB to ATL is a 16 hour flight. And I got to do that time with my personal entertainment system on the fritz--no movies to kill time. Plus the flight is all at night, so the cabin is dark and I probably would have been thrown overboard if I turned on a light to read. Since the flight was full, moving was not an option. So it was a pretty mind-numbing flight. The BAD.
The return flight was better. Shorter (14 hrs), empty seat beside me, and all systems in working order. We were graced by the presence of Mr. UGLY on the flight. As we were boarding and settling in, a solo mother with 2 babies, one about 18 mos., the other about 6 mos., was stuggling with both kids taking turns screaming if they didn't have her undivided attention. Of course, she had broken the cardinal rule when dealing with young kids--don't EVER let them out number you! But I suppose it's sometimes unavoidable. Several passengers and crew tried to help equalize the numbers, but the kids just wanted Mommy. Time for the big UGLY ass in seat 30G to chime in. UGLY was sitting on the window seat on the opposite side of the cabin and started letting the kids know that they were intruding in his life. UGLY actually yelled at the kids a couple times, "For Christ's sake, shut up!" and when one of the kids started gagging from crying so hard he added "Good, I hope he chokes." All of this happened while the plane was still on the gate. At that point I was rooting for the kids to wail away for hours--and they did not disappoint. I saw UGLY complaining to the flight attendant about the kids during the meal service, but I don't know what was said. Somewhere around NYC the babies finally settled down and fell asleep and we didn't hear much from them for the rest of the flight. Last I saw of UGLY he was forcing his way up thru the passengers in Business Class so he could be first off the plane...good riddance.
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