Single Rider

I have been on 11 planes in two years, and felt like it was finally time to do a blog about one of my many travel experiences. All 11 flights I have been a single rider. It’s kind of like being a single rider on a rollercoaster, you never know who your going to get stuck next to. And I always get stuck sitting next to the “Name talker”. Now if your anything like my dad, you dread sitting next to the mom with the infant, or the fat man, or even the old person that has the cold. And on southwest flights everybody is scoping each other out outside the gate. Thinking in your head who you’re hoping that you’re not sitting next to. I have come to appreciate the chance to sit next to all those rejects; I am on the lookout for a totally different breed, what I like to call the “Name talker”. They come in all shapes and sizes, all ages groups; they are almost like a wildcard, which makes them extremely hard to spot before hand. They are the person that sits down next to you on the plane and the conversation goes something like this; Name Talker sits down. No conversation, they don’t even say hi. You both start to adjust seat belts and start looking at a magazine. Your thinking to yourself, “wow this is great I am going to have a nice quiet flight and get some sleep”.

Name Talker:“I am going to visit Jason and Katie; I hope they know what time I arrive”

Me: (in my head) what is she talking about, does she have a blue tooth in?

Name Talker: “Katie told me to fly in on Saturday because it works with her schedule better and the kids will be out of school by the time I get there.”

Me: (in my head) is she talking to me? Who the heck is Katie?

Name Talker: “It will be great though because since the accident I haven’t spent anytime Megan and Tom”

Me: (In my head) Okay now there’s a Megan and Tom, who are these people and why does she assume I know her life like she’s a Kardashian sister

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Name Talker: “Isn’t that exciting? Wow you sure are quiet.”

Me: “Yes that’s great, I am sure Katie is totally on top of when to pick you up, and I hope that you guys have great weather and can get out some night with Megan and Tom.

Name Talker: (Takes a long pause and then continues) “Yes that would be great”

It is like improve at 30,000 feet; these people sit down and don’t give you any background information to go off of. Not the normal “this is where I’m headed, this is what I do for a living”, nothing. They just sit down and it’s like you have opened a book and just start reading in the middle of the random page you land on. COME ON PEOPLE!