Ethics

I Have Arrived

By Ed Brayton

But it wasn't easy. The flight was fine, no problems. There was in-flight entertainment in the form of a quite precocious boy of about 5 years old who kept up a running commentary on the goings-on throughout the flight. It began on takeoff when he began loudly counting down from 10 to 1, getting the timing pretty darn close. Then, as we rose in the air, he decided that he could see his house; his mother informed him that it was not, in fact, their house.

He continued to talk and ask endless questions throughout the flight. It wasn't annoying, it was quite endearing, as he asked very good questions and made interesting observations. And when we began our descent into LaGuardia, he announced that he could once again see his house; his mother informed him, again, that it was not, in fact, their house. And then things went horribly wrong.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 19, 2009 (boomark / email).