The Life And Times Of Kimberly

The plane that we were on was really nice. There was a first class section, a business section, and then 2 sections of economy class. Although it would have been nice to be in either the first class or business class I just dont think the additional $15,000 was quite worth it. All that mattered to me was that I could have a gin and tonic after taking off and watch all the movies I wanted, or so I thought…

The first disappointment was that there isnt free alcohol for economy passengers, which I believe is not fair. I got over it after a bit of whining and was ready to just settle into a movie. This was the source of some more disappointment. They were having some problems with the onboard entertainment system. Because of these problems they kept rebooting, which usually happened right after I had started a movie.

Finally they were resigned to the fact that half the plane wouldnt have access to the entertainment system and let those of us with working screens enjoy the movies. I made it through a movie and then part of the way through another movie it stopped working again. I figured it was probably for the better as it was late and I could use some sleep…

Come to find out the entertainment system is tied to the individual lights for people. So when the entertainment went on the fritz so did the lights meaning all the sudden the lights were on and that was going to keep me from sleeping. After a bit of waiting I decided to go ask the flight attendants, very nicely, if the lights were going to be turned off soon. At this point I didnt realize they were malfunctioning too. The attendants informed me that a few passengers in my section wanted the lights on. They agreed that it was rude and decided they were going to try and convince the men to have the lights turned off. Before doing that though, one of the flight attendants came back with a first class amenitites kit for me that had all kinds of cool things like: mask, ear plugs, socks, lotion, chapstick, toothbrush and toothpaste, and other odds and ends in a nice zipper bag.

I was pretty excited to get this, so when the lights turned off a couple minutes later I was convince she was going to ask for it back. I made sure to open it up and open various things to make sure she couldnt take it back After turning the lights back on thankfully my movies started working again.

Even with the movies working I still had to sleep some, even if it ended up only being 3 hours.

It was a really long flight and left both Sean and I tired in New York our first day.

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 22nd, 2008