You see the oddest people when you travel. While we were waiting for our flight to San Antonio in Newark, Ken watched as people were getting off the plane, the one we would soon take. One lady was wearing a shirt that should have gone to her waist, but instead it had inched up over her stomach. And her tight jeans had slipped down so her fat pannes was exposed. "She looked awful,"
said Ken.
A lady sat down beside me and said hello and proceeded to eat her lunch. After she had finished, she turned to me and told me that she had walked allover the airport to try to find cheap food, all to no avail. She was a pleasant lady but clearly had not travelled often. She gave me details of the cost of her lunch, including a bottle of water that cost $4.00. The sandwich cost $15.00. Next she pulled out her cell phone and had the same conversation to 8 people, describing in great detail her food and the cost. I felt like asking her if anyone would care? But she kept calling one friend after another.
I first watcher her as she approached the stand for plugging in devices. She was an attractive young woman. As she walked she was talking on her phone. As she continued talking, she took out her cord and plugged in the phone. Next she removed her iPad and plugged it in too, all done as she was still talking. Then she curled up on the chair and kept talking. Finally she stopped talking. She was like a pretzel. She was thin and 20 and she could curl up into a ball in the chair, the same chair I was sitting up straight because that was my only option. She reminded me of a cat. She curled up in a ball and slept, with nothing jutting out of her ball. Finally her sister appeared. Both wore no makeup with long hair pulled back. They might have been twins but they certainly were sisters.
Amazing what you see when you shamelessly watch the people in the airports. The good thing is they never know you are watching.
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