I was in my seat as the steady flow people boarded the plane from San Francisco. The overhead bins were filing up on what was surely a packed flight. A guy who looked to be in his mid to late thirties was passing by me in row 15 towards his seat carrying a (seemingly packed and heavy) fold-over suit bag when the flight attendant, a slight, cute, smiling woman about the same age, said to him "if you want to follow me back I can hang that up for you up front". Now this scene was hard to believe for two reasons. First, she offered a guy in coach to hang his bag up front, where not only would it have a home without having to gate check it, but it would be hung nicely.. an added plus! Second, the brain surgeon of a traveler responded by saying "can you just take it for me"?
Either it was his first flight ever, or he was incapable of reading even the post transparent of situations. She responded by saying "why don't you just see if there is an open space over your seat"? She said this in nice, thoughtful, "reaching out to be helpful" way, but in flight attendant speak, she said, "yeah, good luck on that one, pal".
Some people are just naive. Others are plain stupid. Others, like the guy passing me as I write this to gate check his bag, may be both.
Reading a situation in any event is helpful. When you are traveling, I can make all the difference in the world.
Safe travels.
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