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"A User’s Manual to Seat 21C
By Wayne Curtis
CONGRATULATIONS ON SELECTING SEAT 21C! This manual is intended to familiarize you with the many options available to you.
Before BUCKLING in, please note that the man standing in the aisle
next to you is about to make a request. He wonders if it would be
okay for you to switch seats with his wife, who is in the middle seat
three rows ahead. She is the one seated between the former linebacker
and the canola oil salesman, and is peering over the seatbacks at you
with wide and imploring eyes.
The man will ask this in a voice sufficiently loud that all
passengers seated within several rows will look up from their sudoku
puzzles and await your answer. If you say no, the passengers will all
wonder: Why do you hate married people? You must be a bitter and
lonely person. Note also that there is no overhead luggage space
three rows ahead, so you will have to wait for the entire plane to
empty to come back and retrieve your bags. Have a good flight up at 18E!"
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"A User’s Manual to Seat 21C
By Wayne Curtis
CONGRATULATIONS ON SELECTING SEAT 21C! This manual is intended to familiarize you with the many options available to you.
Before BUCKLING in, please note that the man standing in the aisle
next to you is about to make a request. He wonders if it would be
okay for you to switch seats with his wife, who is in the middle seat
three rows ahead. She is the one seated between the former linebacker
and the canola oil salesman, and is peering over the seatbacks at you
with wide and imploring eyes.
The man will ask this in a voice sufficiently loud that all
passengers seated within several rows will look up from their sudoku
puzzles and await your answer. If you say no, the passengers will all
wonder: Why do you hate married people? You must be a bitter and
lonely person. Note also that there is no overhead luggage space
three rows ahead, so you will have to wait for the entire plane to
empty to come back and retrieve your bags. Have a good flight up at 18E!"
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