Intrusions

I was on American Airlines today – great plane. The best in a longtime – I was flying out of Hartford and not New Haven or Westchester – not knocking those airports but this was a nice plane – and on time. On my way to Greenville to hang with #teamymc. Best seats ever, pleather, extra cushioned. Charging stations, an EMPTY seat next to me, and, I swear they reclined extra far, and I could have laid out on a beach blanket with all the leg room in front of me. That last part might be a slight exaggeration of course.

Flight fantastic. A+
Pilot announcement. FAIL. D- at best.

Intrusions. I am NOT a fan. I like my peace and quiet when I am traveling. I want to go into my bubble and watch a movie uninterrupted by children, enjoy a cocktail (err, um….coffee) or a chat with my seatmate if they seem normal (well comparatively speaking of course) or maybe even work. What I don’t want is what was LITERALLY a 96 second audio infomercial on the American Airlines Barclays Mastercard (I really shouldn’t give them any sort of shout out so you can pretend I bleeped it out if you want). Anyway, after what seemed like a 3-second, “Thank you for flying. The weather is fan-f’ing-tasic out there today greeting,” the pilot proceeded to begin speaking in what can only be described as a game show prize announcer voice to get the “audience” – or, passengers trapped at 35,000 feet with nowhere to go – riled up to apply for the BEST EVER piece of plastic you can put in your wallet today. What do you get? Not one, not two but 4 – yes 4 – round trip tickets for any destination in the Continental United States that will never expire. OMG. Please just STOP. Oh, and then after he finished and turned off the mike so we could get back to make our prize selections of Biscoff cookies or pretzels, he came back. He totally forgot to tell us that you also earn 1% cash back on all your purchases! Thank God he did – cash back is such a new concept AND 1%??? I get 5% on my unmentionable card, which, by the way I have loaded into my digital wallet (plug for awesome technology)!

 

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