The first few weeks of having a new baby are one of the most exhausting times for parents. At this point, life revolves around wake-ups, attempting to find a semblance of routine, and recovery from birth. For many parents, and especially moms, they can barely feel like there is time to shower, let alone do …
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Girl flies from Orlando to Miami for a girls’ trip, gets abandoned by friend mid-vacation, and left paying extra for hotel and food, so she finds an early flight home and bills the friend
This friendship sounds less like a partnership and more like a racing video game where one person keeps getting handed the baton during the hard parts and the other person just vanishes at the toughest curve. This story is not about a single bad decision, it is about a very long, very uneven pattern finally …
Seguir leyendo Girl flies from Orlando to Miami for a girls’ trip, gets abandoned by friend mid-vacation, and left paying extra for hotel and food, so she finds an early flight home and bills the friend
Man books himself first-class tickets for family vacation, then offers it to wife when she confronts him about leaving her in economy, she refuses: ‘It’s not the seat, but the principle’
Would you have been able to enjoy a first-class seat, knowing your loved one is stuck in economy somewhere in the back of the plane? We’re not sure we would have, but the husband in the story below doesn’t seem to have this problem. While planning a vacation with his family, this husband decided to …
Seguir leyendo Man books himself first-class tickets for family vacation, then offers it to wife when she confronts him about leaving her in economy, she refuses: ‘It’s not the seat, but the principle’
‘This was in the mid-2000s before smartphones’: Woman demands to use a teen’s DVD player and earbuds during a flight, refusing to take no for an answer
A random adult woman on a long flight tries to share a teenager’s portable DVD player and earbuds, treating a stranger’s entertainment like a public resource. This story is kinda like the No phones in sight meme. Where people on a subway each bury their face into a newspaper. Like, I’m nostalgic just like the …
Seguir leyendo ‘This was in the mid-2000s before smartphones’: Woman demands to use a teen’s DVD player and earbuds during a flight, refusing to take no for an answer
‘Y’all have GOT to raise your standards’: Woman jokes about fiancé not knowing her full name and birthday when booking a joint flight
Sometimes you think you really know someone, then you realize that this couldn’t be further from the truth. With all the ways in which we grow and change, getting to know a person that we are close to can be a lifelong process. After all, none of us has complete access to the interior lives …
Seguir leyendo ‘Y’all have GOT to raise your standards’: Woman jokes about fiancé not knowing her full name and birthday when booking a joint flight
Airplane passenger complains seatmate started eating their in-flight meal before she received hers: ‘We are not eating together on the same table in a restaurant’
Table manners are more important to some than they are to others. You know this if, as a kid, you ever went to someone else’s house and found out the hard way. Maybe in your home, you played things pretty fast and loose. You all ate on your own schedules, and you didn’t wait for …
Seguir leyendo Airplane passenger complains seatmate started eating their in-flight meal before she received hers: ‘We are not eating together on the same table in a restaurant’
24 Travel Memes to Pass Time When You Arrive at the Airport Way Too Early
I was at the airport this past week. I took the bus from my city, which got me there way too early. Then my flight got delayed—five hours—because the previous flight hit a bird and maintenance had to check it out. Passengers started getting angry, bombarding the gate workers with requests for flight changes and …
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Entitled flight attendant eats tuna on airplane, complains about passenger discomfort: ‘They ate fast food at Gate 14 and have the audacity to judge your protein’
The travel and transport industries can be some of the most difficult in which to maintain a healthy diet, at least at work. Sitting in some kind of driver’s seat all day and only having access to fast food restaurants and convenience stores can take its toll pretty quickly. These kind of jobs require extra …
Seguir leyendo Entitled flight attendant eats tuna on airplane, complains about passenger discomfort: ‘They ate fast food at Gate 14 and have the audacity to judge your protein’
Family of 3 get invited on Hawaii vacation with in-laws, husband insists on going alone with 6-year-old daughter because of wife’s flight anxiety: ‘She says she can’t go that long without her daughter’
With the sheer number of scary stories about airplanes that have been hitting the headlines in the past couple of years, there has never been a time when those with aerophobia have felt more justified. It is all too easy for those who are anxiously inclined to think about all the potential there is for …
Seguir leyendo Family of 3 get invited on Hawaii vacation with in-laws, husband insists on going alone with 6-year-old daughter because of wife’s flight anxiety: ‘She says she can’t go that long without her daughter’
Woman covers airplane seat with ‘seat bag,’ completely blocks neighbor’s tray table: ‘I’d have that bag torn a minute after takeoff’
On a plane, there are few creature comforts. It’s kind of the bare minimum if you’re in coach. They give you a seat (kind of) and they give you a ride to your destination. On some airlines, they give you a free soda. On others, they give you a free meal. And if you’re super …
Seguir leyendo Woman covers airplane seat with ‘seat bag,’ completely blocks neighbor’s tray table: ‘I’d have that bag torn a minute after takeoff’