Thursday, September 28, 2006
being ma'amed
ok. i remember the first time i was ma'amed. I was in Laguna Beach after graduating college and was buying some ice cream from some little snot nosed dessert girl. i clearly remember her tone, and being 22, i didnt really think she meant i was old enough to be a ma'am, she was just being a biotch, before she even knew what a biotch was. so, now it's 2006 and i find myself in the el paso airport standing at the American Airlines kiosk, (feeling a bit hung over) when the screen prompts me to choose FIRST CLASS for an additional $45. hmmm... its only a 1.15 hour flight to dallas where i pick up my final leg to dulles, but im needing some liquid and these bastards wont let me bring my fluids on board! so i madly click the first class button. voila! im first class. mom gone wild. so i board with all my fellow first classers. and of the 16 of us, 10 happen to be in their army fatigues. and they are giddy. like really giddy. so excited, they try all the gadgets, yelling back and forth. so i sit down and greet my own personal private. He asked me if there were different ways to adjust the first class seat, as if i would know! so im feeling all like a regular first classer, then shamefully admit, i didnt know. so now he knows, im a $45 first class scammer. and worst yet, the whole flight was free b/c it was with my miles. so im really a faux first class high roller. Then, he MA'AMED me. I'm sure the army teaches these little brats how to be nice to the elderly, but I AM NOT A MA'AM. And you can forget my little "thank you for serving" speech that I was working on, without sounding too much like a bush-basher. hummpt. illegal liquid substances seized from my bag: 1, fluids provided in first class: 2, fluids needed: 100.
ok. i remember the first time i was ma'amed. I was in Laguna Beach after graduating college and was buying some ice cream from some little snot nosed dessert girl. i clearly remember her tone, and being 22, i didnt really think she meant i was old enough to be a ma'am, she was just being a biotch, before she even knew what a biotch was. so, now it's 2006 and i find myself in the el paso airport standing at the American Airlines kiosk, (feeling a bit hung over) when the screen prompts me to choose FIRST CLASS for an additional $45. hmmm... its only a 1.15 hour flight to dallas where i pick up my final leg to dulles, but im needing some liquid and these bastards wont let me bring my fluids on board! so i madly click the first class button. voila! im first class. mom gone wild. so i board with all my fellow first classers. and of the 16 of us, 10 happen to be in their army fatigues. and they are giddy. like really giddy. so excited, they try all the gadgets, yelling back and forth. so i sit down and greet my own personal private. He asked me if there were different ways to adjust the first class seat, as if i would know! so im feeling all like a regular first classer, then shamefully admit, i didnt know. so now he knows, im a $45 first class scammer. and worst yet, the whole flight was free b/c it was with my miles. so im really a faux first class high roller. Then, he MA'AMED me. I'm sure the army teaches these little brats how to be nice to the elderly, but I AM NOT A MA'AM. And you can forget my little "thank you for serving" speech that I was working on, without sounding too much like a bush-basher. hummpt. illegal liquid substances seized from my bag: 1, fluids provided in first class: 2, fluids needed: 100.
