Comments on Commuter Daddy: Seating selections abound on Southwest

Fruit conversations are plentiful on planes, thoug...

2009-12-30T21:47:47.002-05:00

Fruit conversations are plentiful on planes, though they usually involve mixing liquid varieties with contents of nip bottles. If you had a fellow discussing actual fruit with you, consider it to have been a more mature conversation. Maybe....

Weird, my post came up linked to another account. ...

2009-12-30T12:28:23.654-05:00

Weird, my post came up linked to another account. Sorry about that.

That said, I love Southwest. I fly it all the time when I head to Los Angeles to see friends. I've rarely had to sit by anyone. There was this once when a stalker-type guy sat a seat away and proceeded to have a conversation with me about pears, but that happens sometimes, right?

Oof. That was quite an adventure. Dare I ask what ...

2009-12-30T09:56:29.121-05:00

Oof. That was quite an adventure. Dare I ask what airline?

I can't imagine the Buffalo-to-Stockton journey is ever an easy one, especially if you have to do multiple hops. I have a hard enough time when I go from Boston to Stockton and back, though I can usually book at least half of the trip as a nonstop between Boston and San Francisco (not on Southwest, though).

I will admit my experience yesterday was eased by being nonstop flight and a short one at that. Plus I had no baggage.

A quick Google check shows that not all Southwest experiences are rosy, though many of the first 10 results are blog posts or articles from 2006 and earlier.

Apparently I should just fly Southwest in the futu...

2009-12-30T08:32:14.117-05:00

Apparently I should just fly Southwest in the future so this won't happen again.