{"id":422,"date":"2020-01-25T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hojnotes.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2020-01-28T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:36:17","slug":"dignified-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/25\/dignified-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dignified Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you fly out of Atlanta on a Friday afternoon, you expect to feel put-upon.\u00a0 It starts at the gate.\u00a0 <em>Jesus save me from the carry-ons<\/em>, you think, as the gate agent says, \u201cLadies and gentlemen, we have a full flight, limited bins.\u00a0 We\u2019re asking ten to fifteen volunteers check bags for an on-time departure.\u201d\u00a0 The thing you carry: a backpack, no wheels.\u00a0 The gate agent will ask, \u201cIs it squishable?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You hardly expect, no way of knowing, the treasure already stowed in the belly of the Delta MD-80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your boarding pass reads: GEN.&nbsp; <em>Jesus save me from the boarding groups<\/em>.&nbsp; Groups boarding before General Economy: Travelers Needing Special Assistance; Unaccompanied Minors; Medallion; First Class; Business Class; Comfort Class; Military Personnel with Credentials; Travelers Stowing Retractable Strollers; Travelers Calming Recalcitrant Babies; MAIN Cabin 1; MAIN Cabin 2; MAIN Cabin 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You anticipate an uncredentialed body in your seat and prepare a polite redress.&nbsp; Every time you board a flight, to anywhere, you expect a body in your seat.&nbsp; Nobody is ever in your seat.&nbsp; But today is Friday, December 20th, busiest travel day of the year and you never know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In line behind you, only two left to board, a smartly-dressed, Nicole Kidman look-a-like and, last but leashed, her cinnamon mini-doodle.&nbsp; The doodle has its own backpack.&nbsp; <em>A therapy dog?<\/em>&nbsp; A patch, a dog tag of sorts, is sewed on the pack: Mobile Dog Gear.&nbsp; The website\u2019s dog tag-line: <em>Make sure your pet jet-setter has everything she needs for her next trip with Mobile Dog Gear&#8217;s Weekender Backpack Pet Travel Bag!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overhead bins are crammed.&nbsp; Full.&nbsp; Shut.&nbsp; In your seat sits a man with meaty hands.&nbsp; <em>Jesus save me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t bother with your boarding pass, something in his manner &#8211; you\u2019d say slow to rise, if only.&nbsp; He leans a shoulder across the aisle from his (your) seat, slaps a paw, says \u201cThis here must be mine.\u201d&nbsp; You hesitate, confused, thinking, is he moving or not?&nbsp; Not looking up, the man says, \u201cYou want <em>me<\/em> to move?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/dignified-flyers\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you fly out of Atlanta on a Friday afternoon, you expect to feel put-upon.\u00a0 It starts at the gate.\u00a0 Jesus save me from the carry-ons, you think, as the gate agent says, \u201cLadies and gentlemen, we have a full flight, limited bins.\u00a0 We\u2019re asking ten to fifteen volunteers check bags for an on-time departure.\u201d\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hojnotes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}