In-Flight Fool
I was flying in bad weather. We landed in Denver, and air traffic was backed up in the sky and on the runway because of it. Our plane had to wait on the ground for a gate. I knew by the time we landed that I would miss my connection, so I was resigned to being stuck there, at least overnight. We were waiting for a gate when a woman a couple of rows in front of me started raging about it.
She’d been drinking and started complaining that since the airline was being difficult by making us wait, we should all get free drinks. She demanded the drink cart be brought out. She was ranting and being an idiot about it and about how she just wanted to get home and crawl into bed. I’d had quite enough of her tomfoolery. I stood up and said, “Hey lady, you live here”? She said, “Yeah, what of it”?
I said, “A lot of us don’t. A lot of us aren’t just waiting to go home. We’re trying to get to connecting flights that we’re going to miss now because of this storm. So shut your piehole about not being able to get off the plane at home because at least you’re not looking at sleeping on the floor of the airport tonight”. There were cheers, and on the way out, I got the wink and thumbs up from the flight attendants.