I was on a flight to SAT where this family had a portable DVD player, tinny speakers cranked up, no headphones, bugged the sh*t out of me 'cause I was trying to read. Little girl kept squealing at parts of the Disney movie she liked. <sigh>. Some people have no clue that there are others around them.

-Ben

>I sat next to a guy on a flight from Chicago to San Antonio who pulled
>out a laptop and started watching "Topsy-Turvy".  After a few minutes,
>he asked if I'd like to watch (I wasn't craning my neck or anything, I'd
>seen it numerous times).  Seeing as I had a choice of reading that
>godawful in-flight magazine or watching the movie, I accepted.  He had a
>headphone splitter and another set of (nice) phones in his bag.  Nice
>guy.  Good movie.
>
>- Jim
>
>Raymond Camden wrote:
>
>>So, I don't expect anyone to admit to it - but has anyone heard of someone
>>watching a dvd screener (or some other film obviously not released yet) on a
>>laptop on a plane and having someone in their row complain? I just thought
>>it would be kind of funny - like if you were seated next to a lawyer for
>>Paramount. ;)
>>
>>-rc
>>
>>
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