Thoughts From the Air

traveler_sit_122779I 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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