Hello Reading World,
I have had my left knee replaced and have been busy recovering. Knowing that the surgery was needed, I played until the last day. Paul took me on my third trip to Ireland in May. The trip came up quite suddenly and within a week, Paul and I plus Adam, Paula, and Victoria were boarding a plane to the Green Isle. We sat in the cheap seats , three across, and I had a very pleasant school teacher to my left, and my Paul on the right. When I go anywhere I try to observe, listen, and learn. My teacher companion was very shy, as was her husband. She had booked her flight six months earlier and found that when they were seated, they were not together, not even on the same side of the plane. As we were all
settling in I suggested she speak to the stewards and make arrangements to switch seats. She replied, No, No, I could never do that. What a waste. What difference would it had made? Sure, sometimes when you speak to a stranger, "Excuse me, can I borrow your car?", now THAT might be considered forward, rude, even frightening, but switching seats on the plane? To be together on your vacation which had just begun and you had not had time to be over each other? I chose to be on my vacation and not mention a solution the second time. She and I talked then played with my new, way cool, Brain Age Game. What did I learn. There is a difference between
Aggressive and Assertive. Not everyone is comfortable with the later or they can not tell the difference so they are more willing to just spend several thousand dollars for a two week vacation. And then not be together..........I mean, what would the famous THEY think, if one of them had spoken up and asked for the change of seat....Seriously
