Airline travel
Dear Rudy,
What if a genie appeared to settlers who were making their way across
the country by wagon train. Their trip took months, they were often
hungry and always tired, their lives were in danger, and they knew
that when they reached their destination they would have to build
their own house. They may have had to discard some of their most
valuable possessions along the way. Talk about problems with
luggage!!!
Anyway, this genie offered them an option: They could get jammed into
a cigar-shaped tube that was crowded and with insufficient leg room.
They would be fed a meal, but it wouldn't be terribly tasty. (They
wouldn't have to bring their own pots, pans, sugar, and flour,
however, and they wouldn't have to do their own cooking.) They would
be escorted by professionals who were overworked and might not be
able to promptly deliver another glass of wine. They could, however,
have breakfast on one side of the continent and dinner on the other.
I complain (nearly) as much as the next person about airline travel.
But after having driven cross-country last summer -- a trip which I
LOVED -- I was reminded how very big our country is, and how easy and
accessible travel is. Sometimes I am struck by how terribly spoiled
we are, and how little we appreciate the ease with which we can visit
any place in the world. When your callers endlessly complain,
sometimes I just want to tell them to get a grip!
Love your show!
Marcee
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