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In my last quick trip to New York, I had the misfortune of having to fly two airlines I never fly. My jetBlue boarding pass actually congratulated me that I would have “36 channels of DirectTV at my seat!” I have no preferred status on jetBlue. There is no upgrading anyway, as there is no first class. I trudged on to the airplane at 6:30am with everyone else. Sure enough, there are television monitors in the back of every seat… except the one I sat down in. Mine was, naturally, not working. Nary a flight attendant even made eye contact with me, much less apologized or offered to reseat me. Don’t get me wrong, I had other entertainment options for the dreary 4 hour flight, but it’s the principle of the thing. That’s jetBlue’s key differentiator, and I missed out on the JETBLUE EXPERIENCE… Oh well, I thought, maybe the flight on Delta would be better…

No such luck. I sat behind two little boys, obviously brothers, who lacked adult supervision. First they had a push fight over who would get the armrest. Then they flicked each other’s ears. Then they stole each other’s caps. Then they flicked each other’s ears. It wouldn’t have bugged me so much if the little boys weren’t about 22 years old. Old enough to know better, in other words, but still acting like 8 year olds. No, I know more mature eight year olds… I hope their mother is proud.