Welcome to Tuesday Travels with Tiffany! I'm so glad to be bringing you new editions of this column in 2010!
Today, we'll be talking travel and technology.
Technology is such a bummer sometimes. Just when you've finally learned how to use a piece of equipment, or mastered a type of software, the next edition comes out and it's time to start over.
But what's amazing is a particular technological function that has never really changed, over the last hundred or more years. Sure, it's placement may have moved, or the steps to use it could have changed, but all-in-all, no change.
Allow me to introduce you to...the OFF button.
This advice is for you, Mr. All-Important Business Travel, or Mrs. Super-Busy Soccer Mom. I fully well realize that you believe that your time is more precious than mine, or that you believe that you need not be bound by the same rules as everyone else.
But you're wrong. Want to know why? Because for every minute a flight attendant has to search for people who haven't mastered the off button, it's a minute of MY time that you've wasted. And YOUR time is no more precious than MY time. And in fact, OUR time is being piddled away while we sit on the ground and wait for you to say "goodbye."
Want to know why else? Because as dumb as you might believe it to be to have electronics turned off at the beginning and end of flights, it's not. Airlines have rules and regulations for a reason. And if you have an issue with that, take it up with regulators or airline officials at some other time. But giving the airline a figurative middle finger by disobedience while on a flight is unacceptable.
Say goodbye, shut it down, and sit back for the ride.
Trust me, we'll all be happier!
And until next time,
Safe travels!
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