I am writing this at 35,000 feet, high above the Midwest and enjoying the tunes on my iPhone. The flight is totally full, and there’s not an inch of free space anywhere. I was lucky enough to get a window seat in the exit row, so my seatmates and I have plenty of room.
The gentleman in my row has been working the entire flight. The moment it was permitted, he pulled a 15-inch Dell laptop out of his bag, and he’s been working in a ginormous Excel spreadsheet for a good while. It reminds me of my corporate world days, working in a giant spreadsheet. I don’t miss those days at all.
The guy’s Dell laptop is running Windows XP, likely because it’s a company notebook. When he took it out of his bag, he booted it up and waited for that to complete since it had been powered off. I don’t understand why folks don’t use Standby all the time. He could have been up in a few seconds, instead of the minute it took. That sounds like nitpicking, and maybe it is, but it’s a total waste of battery power. He was sweating over the remaining battery life by the end of the flight, too.
This flight doesn’t have Wi-Fi, which is a shame. I have yet to fly on a connected flight, and I would like to do so. While it’s not totally bad to be disconnected and listening to tunes while I write this, I could be watching Hulu. :)
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