Racism...Forever?

Oh, for a second there I thought his name was Dr. Al Manac, and he had this amazing memory to recall the most arcane facts.

 

Not gonna lie, I'd be a pretty concerned if a passenger next to me on a flight said, "I'll see you on the other side." Doesn't matter if it's a Saudi or a white guy from Kansas.

 

If I found myself in that woman’s position, I can’t imagine reporting him under anything but the most incriminating of circumstances. As in, weird tone and there would need be close to a complete comedy sketch of additional contextual misinterpretations.

Still, there’s dumb shit to say on a plane and “see you on the other side” while saying goodbye to your wife is one of those things. It’s just a weird ass construction no matter who says it.

Give you an example: and I think I’ve seen something similar in a news report too. some old white guy with a rural Missouri accent got into it with the manager of a convenience store in our neighborhood. Nothing serious or heated. Just a lot of bitching and complaining about service, selection, prices. Rude. The manager (Arab) said something back. Guy finally left with his purchase and as we was leaving, he waved and said “Be careful.” with a sarcastic tone. The Arab guy immediately perceived a threat.

Had to explain that some people use this as an alternative to “Take Care” or “Have a Nice Day”. The guy was giving him a sarcastic, “It’s been great”.

 

I would of thought I missed the trailing end of a different sentence.

“See you on the other side...of the gate.”

It would definitely get my attention though.

 

Who the ******** listens to what other people say on a flight?

 

I do. Not because I want to. But because the plane is always quiet and some jackass thinks an aluminum tube containing 200 people is a good place for a private conversation.

 

I naturally tune out people. If someone on a plane threatened to blow my brains out my probable response would be on the lines of asking him to repeat himself.

 

That goes for most city buses and metro trains.

 

Then you’re lucky. Because there’s one person in every three or so flights I want to murder by the time we land. I give kids 12 and under a pass.

 

People on elevators talking about banging Stacy from HR too.

 

The only place where I'm still forced to listen to private conversations now is on city buses.

 

Great thing about bus and subway conversations: you get to hear some interesting stuff. Plane conversation topics: golf, last time I went to Vegas I won x, I visited [someplace] once, business, I’m visiting my aunt who has 6 weeks to live, my dead husband who was supposed to make this trip with me, I’m planning my wedding OMG, let’s go to the Rainforest Cafe Tuesday. It’s either mundane or depressing AF.

 

OTOH it is a bit funny to see the one hump who eyes linger in the general direction of the person who still thinks their phone needs to be yelled into. Only to have that person snap at them for *gasp* listening in on their conversation.

 

I used to love New York City. Then they put cell service on the subway.

 

That guy was in my coffeehouse a couple of weeks ago.

The owners told him to never come back.

 

For some reason, I doubt you would be that concerned if it was a white guy from Kansas, but that is just me...

 

I'd be much more concerned about the White Kansan myself. Conservatives haven't declared that Black folks are going to Hell (yet), but the Saudi isn't expecting me to make it to the other side because faith, and would never say that unless he thought I was Muslim.

 

The hot tub at the clubhouse in our development. An adult woman and her parents disparaged for about 20 minutes about some gorgeous relative that first went into fitness modeling and later became anorexic. It included a lot of personal details on the subject. I felt so included in the conversation that almost asked them for her Facebook profile.

 

I only do that with my wife.

 

I fly on Xanax Airlines. Never a problem.