occasionally I have no choice
but I don't fly enough to get perks like better seats or getting on earlier, so I'm in that undesirable position of flying just often enough to always sit by the 320 pound guy that brought a footlong sub sandwich to eat on the flight while the mother of the 2 year old behind me is already apologizing to me about how bad her kid is before I sit down.
that damn kid was on every flight I ever made, flew for 15 years ,2-3 times a week, and every one of those flights , there was that kid! never grew up, legs just long enough to kick the back of my seat. constantly from Spokane to Boston, and back! only flight the little bugger missed was to Spain. think they put him in the Hold!