Return from Rome
Trip Start
Nov 06, 2011
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Trip End
Nov 14, 2011
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Monday, November 14, 2011
At the X-ray machine, the two women in front of me were stuck waiting on more bins to be brought back. After about a minute of waiting and not needing to use any bins, I went around them to put my bags on the X-ray belt. The woman rushes to block me and says "oh no you don't, that's what gives us American's all a bad name". I retorted along the lines of "Ma'am, what gives us a bad name is our constant loud complaining every time something doesn't go our way. You have to shit in the pot or get off". That stunned her into submission and I went along my way.
That lounge was decent but crowded. It had a few snacks and a bar. We didn't have trouble finding seats. I noticed that showers appeared to be available, but there were only two toilets total in the men's restroom.
During the actual flight home, I noted that they had to make the announcement several times that people needed to use the lav of their ticketed cabin (well duh). At some point after a couple bottles of wine, I got up to use the lav in the back of the plane. I was waiting in line when I saw a woman try to use the Business lav and be shooed back by the FA who then promptly made another announcement. The woman came to the back of the plane where I was (and all the flight attendants) and started arguing with them about how she was being treated like a second-class citizen because she didn't want to wait to use the Economy lav. This went on for probably 2 minutes before I half-drunkely entered the conversation with a big boisterous "I just wanted to say, I love using the lavatory in my ticket cabin, and furthermore, I love waiting to use the lav back here and hang out with these great flight attendants". The woman shut up and left and the flight attendants thanked me.
You're welcome, world.
