Friday, December 4, 2009

From Airplanes to Shoelaces

As much as I love flying, I hate exiting an airplane. I don’t understand what the point of jumping out of your seat as if you just sat on a sharp needle and rushing about two feet to get to the aisle accomplishes. I mean, are you really going to get to exit the plane any faster if you’re so close to the person standing in line in front of you that you could literally breathe down their neck? God forbid if someone exited the airplane ahead of you and there was more than three inches of space. People need to relax and not get out of the plane as if Pepé Le Pew was sitting next to them (Yes, Pepé Le Pew should frighten you. He’s a rapist, and he stinks.). As for you people that fly first-class, shut up. In all seriousness though, why can’t people just keep their distance? Always “accidentally” stepping on other people’s feet or luggage or kids...just back off a little.

I hate it when I’m wearing sneakers and someone steps on my foot in such a way that it unties my shoe lace. I hate double-knotting because then it takes forever to untie them, and I don’t like stuffing the shoelace in my shoe because that just feels uncomfortable and defeats the point of wearing sneakers in the first place. Any who, so these crazy passengers step on my feet on their way out of the airplane and my shoelaces get untied. At this point, there’s obviously no space for me to bend down and retie my shoelace, so now I’m a safety hazard being herded like sheep out of an airplane.

By the time I get out of the airplane, I look down at my shoes and notice that the little plastic things on the edges of my shoelaces are gone because so many people have stepped on them. Now, I have to be careful that the lace doesn’t come out of any of the holes because then I won’t be able to get them back through. I’d have to buy new shoelaces. So much stress. I hate shopping. They should make fashionable adult sneakers with those Velcro straps. I say fashionable because the only sneakers I’ve seen for adults that have Velcro are those orthopedic shoes for senior citizens.

I think I’ve ranted enough. I should be honest though. In reality, none of these things really bother me. I just made a bet with a friend that I could write a blog entry that went from discussing airplanes to shoelaces.

Mission accomplished.

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