By Gary Geyer
In the summer of 1998, my wife Linda and I were on a wide body flight from LA to NY.
The plane was pretty empty so we decided to spread out a little and get comfortable. Our assigned seats were the aisle and window on the side of the plane with two seats. Since I had the aisle seat, I moved across the aisle to the aisle seat in the center bank of five seats, leaving Linda in the window seat.
In the row in front of Linda, in the aisle seat (and therefore out of her field of vision) was a well-dressed gentleman. I could see him perfectly, being diagonally behind him.
After take-off, the flight attendant came around with hot towels so that we might refresh ourselves. The gentleman thanked her, then removed his shoes and socks and proceeded to wash his feet. I watched incredulously while Linda read her book.
A few minutes later, when he had finished, from his carry-on case he took out a toe nail clipper and, yes, started to clip his toe nails.
You know how loud that distinctive sound can be. SNIP, SNIP.
Linda looked up from her book, tuned to me, crinkled her forehead and mouthed silently, “What’s that?”
I just rolled my eyes, shook my head slightly and mouthed back, “You won’t believe it.” <<
Gary Geyer is Editor-in-Chief of LetLifeIn.com (Editor@LetLifeIn.com) as well as editor of the People & Entertainment section and the Fun Stuff section. Reach him at Gary@LetLifeIn.com.
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