On a plane

Why must we cater to the whole? Needy, pathetic dramatics.

I am on a flight. Buffalo to Newark, then to Boston after what I hope to be a clean, quick layover. They made us check our carry-ons, utter bullshit. There's plenty of room, what difference does it make? Under the floor, above my head. The luggage cannot be lost in my possession, perhaps to save time? I question mankind sometimes. But my point is, on what should be a 45 minute flight, if that, to our destination, why we are offered water, snacks, wireless internet access, a bathroom and other nonesensical 'necesseties.' Well, I'll give them the bathroom, I have to urinate frequently myself, I do now.

But as adults, I think we are perfectly capable of sitting on a flight no more than an hour and not require constant entertainment, constant distrsction, constant pandering. Why set the precedent? Now if the wifi is down, or we're stuck to our seats from turbulence we bitch and moan like children stolen from our mother. As if only a decade or two ago we had the luxuries of 24/7 access to the internet, it's pathetic. Flights like these should conisit of nothing but reading, and sleep. You can do it folks, we can do it. I had to pee before I boarded the plane. I'm in a window seat and there's a sleeping man next to me. I could never sleep on planes, it's much too loud. How can anyone even fall asleep in 45 min? Well, that's a much deeper issue not suitable for discussing here, some can I suppose, most I'd say. I really have to pee, only 15 minutes now to go and I feel like we only just departed, look at that, see that? Over before you know it. Fuck your peanuts and bathrooms and internet access and tablets and phones and water and wine. Well, perhaps the wine. Did I mention I announced my need to urinate before we boarded? Come on 2019.

If I can hold it together for an hour, so can you.