Signs that you travel too much...

Observations from flying too much….

Please keep in mind that upon writing this it is known that we fly entirely too much, but there were a couple situations worth noting. After going through security at JFK we noticed a couple being scrutinized at the security line. They were trying to bring hummus and butter on the flight. Tubs of butter and tubs of hummus (think Costco portions). Have these two people been living under a rock for the past 5-7 years? Unbelievable…. Also, as an addendum to our European rants of a few weeks ago there is an addition – loud passengers can be on any flight, any airline and of any nationality. Two Swedish women yapped on the first three hours of the flight like they were hosting a pep rally. Neither of them took a hint to lower their decibel levels, despite being sushed and stared at by 6 rows of passengers. Polite smiles and stares don’t go very far with a language barrier. For 9 hours they talked constantly.

Since people obviously don't take hints in these public situations what about letting passengers control this situation. What if you could send a message in any language via text to there seat requesting that passenger to shutup (in their language of choice). The more nastygrams you accrue you can either get moved to a lousy seat on that plane, lose status/miles in a frequent flier program. In theory you could get voted off the plane (survivor/reality tv style). By no means does this need to be restricted to planes, it is just as necessary on trains.