Say It Ain't So!

As  I type this I read where the FCC is contemplating relaxing their cell phone usage on planes.  OMG that is such an horrific idea to me. Relaxing this law will make flying all the more unbearable to me and I believe most people.

Do you know why I didn't fly to NYC weekly for work, but took the train instead? 
FOR QUIET AND CALM!!  It took the same amount of time so why not arrive calm and not angry with people who behave like those with no social manners?

I don't like to see the under dressed and stupid in the airport. 
Shoes? Why do I have to take my shoes off?  they whine (Been living in a cave Barbie?)
I don't want to see your boyfriends underpants below his ass or try to figure out why 1/2 the plane is in pajamas in public. (your flight attendant notices and treats you accordingly and don't think for a minute they don't!) No, not fun for this cranky old broad.

As I have bemoaned many times here that I don't give a shit about your conversation about your mother in law, your dating life, your sex life or your shitty boss. I used to have to listen to this crap all the time even on a train. People would talk louder while in a tunnel for heaven's sake. I heard it all and I hated every damn minute of it. 

Then Amtrak came up with the Quiet Car - NO CELL PHONES OR LOUD GAMES ETC.
Even talking loudly would get your booted from the car. Angels sang. Peggy did a happy dance. It was wonderful!!  It was so popular when they allowed us to board you would see grown men and women in suits RUNNING to get a seat on this car.

Because this car was the first one to fill up, you had to run to get a seat on the quiet car. 
We'd make our stops in Philly and people would moan that there were no seats in the Quiet Car. I never made eye contact because honestly I would have felt terrible. 
I felt their pain but wasn't giving up my seat.  
I loved that I was the first city on and leaving NY I was the first city on.
So I always RAN for the Quiet Car....in heels. I'd do whatever it took.  To me it was priceless. 
I would have paid more for a seat in that car. You could still use your laptop/tablet, just use your ear buds. Simple. No one else was polluting my space with their drama.

You don't know how loud everyone on the phone can be until you are sitting there on a train car and listening to all the chatter, yelling, laughing etc. It's not fun. Because the minority was you who wasn't on a phone. The rest all thought this was call everyone they knew time.

So now the wise people at the FCC think having everyone packed in like sardines, the drunks, people with screaming children, the fat guy next to you clipping his toenails isn't bad enough.   Oh now let's make flying a real treat. Let's add phone conversation to the mix .
Oh yeah smart idea FCC. 

You know the flight attendants will just end up being referees. 
I can't imagine a single sane flight attendant thinking this is a good idea.
There is no way in hell they will need their current uniforms. 
They should just wear black and white strip shirts and have whistles because they will be doing nothing but stopping the yelling at one another and preventing punches being thrown and women screaming at one another. You know someone will ask nicely, to please keep it down and the next thing you know a bad behavior only seen on reality shows will ensue.

Honestly if you can't keep off your damn phone while in the air then you have more problems that a lay person can help you with. Get a shrink and try to figure out why this is so difficult for you. Why can't you have a few hours of silence? Watch a movie on your tablet or the plane, read a book, look out the window. Just live in the moment. And if you can't live in the moment tell every one on facebook what the hell you're doing since you need to be connected. It's at least quiet.

I predict this is going to change the way we travel, but not in a good way.