In an earlier post I told you about our, Saturday breakfasts here in our community for older adults. It happens in a local eatery who has a table set up for us every Saturday morning.
At breakfast recently we were treated to a story, that lead to another story. The two stories are related by theme or subject. So in this one post you will get two stories. What a bargain!
Before we begin the first story we need to "set it up". At our breakfast there are two groups. Men sit and one end of the table and women at the other. Women outnumber the men by more than 4:1. This is because women outlive men.
Therefore it is often the case where there will be multiple conversations. It would not be strictly true to say the men have their own conversations and the women have their own, however that would be generally true.
Truth be told, the women have several conversations going at the same time.
In the first story I will rely to you today a couple from this group went on a trip. The first part of their journey was by airplane.
The rendition of the story has two tracks... two observations of the same event. The observation of the lady of this couple who recounted the story to the ladies: and the observation of the man who told it to the men.
In the later rendition a man tried to force as flight attendant into the restroom at the back of the airplane to "have his way with her". He (the man telling the story) repeated several times that this was "a federal offense". I have no idea what kind of offense it is / was, or why it mattered if it was "federal","state", "local" or whatever. My simple observation was (and is) that it was an effort doomed for failure since it would be very difficult to achieve the required physical maneuvers in such a small space assuming you had two willing individuals. So in the current scenario the effort was doomed from the outset given the fact one of the reluctant individuals would be uncooperative.
After listening to additional information it was clear the male part of this alleged airplane debacle was not thinking clearly and had not weighed out the potential downsides to his amours intent.
He was apparently taken out of the plane by the police in handcuffs. Obviously it was a big commotion. Both stories had this part in common.
The passengers were of course - I was told - thinking about their connections. Although it is my conjecture that there surly were multiple individuals who where concerned about the physical and mental state of the flight attendant. But I wasn't there so what do I know?
The lady of the couple had a different story. In her version the man forced himself onto the plane. He was being chased by the police through the airport and down the gangway. Once on the plane he grabbed the flight attendant and headed toward the toilet with her despite her objections. This version makes no more sense than the first. Why were the police in pursuit? How did he get onto the plane? Was he going to hide in the restroom? Why did he need the flight attendant?
Although this one event had wildly different interpretations the ending was nearly the same. Police. Handcuffs. Forced Exit. Connection concerns.
Now the second story. Or maybe if you count the above as two stories then this is the third?
After hearing the above story (stories) another lady told of the time she was on an airplane and sudden turbulence caused the captain to come on the loud speaker and say words to the effect, "Ladies and gentlemen, please secure your seat belts because we have encountered bad weather. And the two in the bathroom need to finish up and return to their seats as soon as possible."
The end.
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