And risks pubic attack
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It's always interesting to hear stories from friends about people that don't give a shit. For me, it's another chance to try and work out more about the humans we share this space with.
I won't take this 'piece' to the point of slander, but I will reflect the story a friend told me about his trip from London to Cape Town this week. My friend and his girlfriend boarded their flight and sat down in their seats behind a gentleman. For the sake of this article, we'll call him Richard Coppen.
As the plane took off, Mr Cotton slammed back his seat as far as possible. Being a particularly tall couple, my friend asked (on behalf of his girlfriend) Mr. Coppen whether he could help out and just move his seat up the TINIEST bit - even if it was just a centimeter - any help would really be nice. Her knees were visibly squashed backwards by the seat.
"NO", came the reply.
Aaaah, we've got a live one!
My friend repeated, "Is there really no way you could help out my girlfriend and move your seat up a tiny bit?"
"NO. Why should I move my seat up for A STRANGER?"
I think we'll stop right there.
Now I can be a bastard at the best of times and, even in my most selfish of moods, I will weigh up the situation. What will probably glare at me at this point is the fact that we are all at the beginning of a 10-12 hour journey together. Together..... all of us....... for 12 hours. Even if I despised the people behind me for bothering me, I would probably jump at the option of short-fusing a potential flight-long war with a fellow passenger/stranger. I mean really! They're sitting behind you! They could do anything behind you! They could place pubic hairs on your head and you wouldn't know. The simplest form of our self-preservation instinct warns us of these possibilities. But no, sometimes we get people who cannot weigh up even this, the most obvious fact of the matter. Mr Cotton even used his fist to mock-masterbate after his flying partner whispered something in his air - probably something to do with moving his seat up so as to make EVERYONE'S journey more peaceful.
I'm not calling Mr. Coppen a prick. I'm simply interested. I really want to know how he came to the decision that he should risk a potentially shit situation by not moving his seat up a centimeter. Added to this is the risk that he could at some stage have the strangers pubic hairs on his head. It's too risky and I'm interested in why people take these risks. It's not good. It won't do you any good. You WILL be worse off. Somewhere. Somehow. You WILL be worse off.
Come on guys.
Seth Rotherham
Editor
2oceansvibe.com
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