Although we endure many hours flying, every delay, and “deserve" our upgrades: sitting in a comfort seat seeing people my parents’ / grandparents’ age (who don’t have status) walk by aches

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I'll take the normal life and coach status any day of the week vs. spending 80% of the year away from home stuck in a tin can or hotel room by myself

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D2 - funny! There was a teeny tiny little old woman who had to sit in the middle seat between me and another person. She looked at us and declared (quite loudly), “ thank god you’re normal sized people"

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Economy is hell. I always have people overflowing into my seat. It is hard to explain how excited I get when a normal sized person sits next to me.

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Sitting in economy is not that bad, people. Why do we make everything such a big deal?

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At least sitting in FC makes you oblivious as to who else boards 😔

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If it really aches you would occasionally offer to trade seats

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Yeah, that generation was used to tougher things than not enough leg room for a few hours...

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