BA fight attendant, nasally women, and my window shade

On my flight Monday night back to London, I had a flight attendant come over to my seat (window seat) and say - rather rudely – “excuse me, could you please shut your shade? It’s waking up other passengers.” If it were said nicely, I wouldn't have thought anything about it. But she said it in a way to imply that I was completely insane for having my window shade open.

And I:

1. looked around and saw no one else awake as a result
2. thought to myself "that's why you provide eye shades"
3. also thought that she didn't tell the shrill women to shut up, who were talking all the time that I had been trying to sleep
4. thought "do you know who I am? I'm gold on BA"
5. thought "but it's 11am in London. Why's it bad to show daylight?"
6. but to which I said "sure." and shut the shade.

But anyway.. other than that, my BA flight back was fine. In other airline news, I had an amusing conversation Wed night about American Airlines and how they launched a women-targetted travel site. It's a similar site as the regular AA.com site - but has fewer buttons. Go, liberation.

Speaking of airlines, one of my favorite stories is Alaska Airline's fake airline website - SkyHigh Airlines. It's a fantastic parody of airline craziness, complete with explanation of how its fares are calculated: "How come our fares can vary thousands of dollars from seat to seat? Is it dumb luck? Is it predatory pricing? Is it some kind of pin-the-fare-on-the-passenger game. Hardly. We can assure you our pricing structure represents the latest in bioengineering. A cutting-edge melding of silicon and white meat that assures scientifically random fares that are free from human influence and troublesome logic." I particularly love the live fare searching engine!

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