It has been awhile since I've flown Southwest Airlines and had to get reacquainted with no seating assignments. I flew by myself since Don left before me and was on another airline but he did cough up the $10 fee each way to get me towards the front of the pack- which I found out was a very kind gesture on his part! There were some very helpful folks in line with me when I was leaving Denver and they gave me some good pointers about securing a good seat. I scored a front row seat but then found out that even though you have great leg room there is no room for your stuff - you have to store it above you in the bins. Now, this does not work for me because I am like a kid - I need an activity bag to fly and it needs to be handy because I never know what I might need at any given moment. For example, I may need my magazine for take off, my iPad and earbuds during the flight, my knitting, snacks, pressure bracelets when it starts getting bumpy, water, socks if my feet get cold......you get the picture! Well, I stuffed what I could beside me, out of sight of the flight attendant, and suffered through until we got to Georgia. When I switched planes I was more thoughtful in my seating choice.
And then there are the cheaters...you know who you are! When I got on the plane today I started noticing coats and purses strategically placed beside people like that person is on the plane but in the bathroom or at the snack bar..really!? They weren't fooling anybody with saving seats. I really wanted to tell on them! But I found a good window seat and had a very nice young man ( yes I know how old that makes me sound!) sit next to me. I called him my personal assistant. When I would rummage through my activity bag he would give me room and prevent my tray from bonking me in the head, made sure my drink was delivered and removed my trash for me. I really didn't know whether I looked that clueless or that old but when the flight was over I noticed he was wearing a Southwest shirt. Maybe that was a customer training exercise - whatever it was it was nice to be that attended to!
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