The 9 People You Meet in Airplane Hell
| January 21, 2015
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The Social Butterfly
For whatever reason, this person didn’t manage to get a seat next to their traveling companions. Perhaps it was an oversight; perhaps it was a mistake; perhaps they’re traveling with an odd number of people and drew the short straw – but the Social Butterfly won’t let that stop them from getting some facetime with their pals.
If you’re sitting next to the Social Butterfly, keep your dukes up and be ready to deflect their elbow from your face as they contort wildly in their seat to chat up their buds behind you. If you’ve got a Social Butterfly in the row in front of you, we suggest maintaining hard eye contact every time they peek over or between the seats to talk to your seatmate.
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