It is amazing.  I am on an airplane, blogging.  I have actual internet access.  At a speed that is quite respectable.  Fabulous is the word that comes to mind, though it doesn’t quite fully capture just how amazing this feature really is.

I am not sure I can ever fly another airline after this.  Well, I hear Delta has a similar service, not sure if it’s available across their entire fleet.

So, on a related note, it seems that even Virgin America First Class cannot be rid of those complete douchebags you seem to run across on a flight.  You know the type – the really cranky asshole who is SO COMPLETELY INCONVENIENCED by something that happened to him earlier in the morning, and has to take it out on his fellow passengers or, worse yet, the flight attendants.  Lately I have been traveling a lot for work and so my tolerance level for airport craziness has gotten a lot better, as it is clear that people who work in the airports have a very, very tough job.  Yes, I know it looks like they are somehow incompetent or don’t really care about you.  Maybe that’s true for some of them.  But give these folks a break – they also have to deal with security, the stringent rules placed upon them (and by extension, the rest of us) by the FAA, etc.

Anyhow – today’s douchebag was a first class passenger, who decided to completely ignore the rules regarding how much luggage to bring on the plane.  As he stepped on board, he took his carryon rollerbag and placed it in the overhead bin above the seat across the aisle from him.  Not above HIS seat, the OTHER seat.  Note, he could have spent abotu 30 seconds making room for his bag by doing a little shifting, but clearly that was too much work for him.

As he was doing this, the guy behind him asked if he could move his bag to his side so he can place his bag above his seat.  You see, the other guy’s seat was right below the bin where the douchebag placed his rollaround bag.  The douchebag’s response?  “WELCOME TO LIFE BUDDY TOO FUCKING BAD.”

I kid you not.  WHAT?  Are you serious?  Are you really that much of a dick, you have to treat your fellow human who has to sit across the aisle from you like that?  OMG.

The flight attendant did her best to make everyone happy, and really, she was amazing.  She ended up doing the shifting on behalf of Mr. Douchebag.

Seriously people – you really need to check your attitude at the gate (literally) when you get on an airplane.  No one really wants to be on it.  Well okay, not really true.  I could live in my first-class wifi-enabled seat, eating my fresh fruit, yogurt, and hot cinnamon roll while blogging.  :)   But still…

Outside of that moment, this is the most amazing flight I have ever been on.  Thank you Virgin!