What will they think of next

What will they think of next
I can only imagine what they will think of next.

When I was in college a boyfriend invited me to Key West with him for a weekend to meet his family. That in itself is a nerve racking experience, but to make matters much worse, we had to fly from Tallahassee to Miami and then take a really small plane from Miami to Key West. The plane only held 6 people and it looked like a model airplane.
Before the trip, he had asked me if I was afraid of small planes, and I assured him I was not. So, as we were waiting to check in to “Sunshine Express”, I was trying to figure out where they put the bathroom (there wasn’t one) and how the flight attendant was going to serve our drinks (there wasn’t one) when I heard the agent behind the counter ask me, “Ms. Miller, how much do you weigh?”
“I’m not telling” I answered as my boyfriend looked on.
The agent told me that they needed to know so they knew how to fuel the plane and even out the weight for the flight.
So I thought about it. My choices were to let my boyfriend know how much I weighed or take a chance of crashing into the ocean.
“128”.
Now I hadn’t weighed 128 since middle school, but so what?
Luckily when the agent asked my 180 pound boyfriend how much he weighed he quickly answered “300 pounds”.

Pretty soon I expect the airlines to charge a premium if we weigh over 150 pounds. Why not? The airlines need to find ways to pass on these outrageous fuel charges. I can already see what it is going to be like in the very near future. When we check-in for our flights, instead of putting our luggage on the scale, they put US on the scale with our suitcases. I don’t know about you, but if that’s the case I’m bringing an empty suitcase.
Included in the cost of our tickets will be middle seats next to the bathrooms. If we want a seat with a tray table or legroom it will be $1.00 more. It will cost 50 cents each for that little overhead light, and $1.50 for the “call button”. The big expenses will be for life vests and oxygen masks. How many times have you used them anyhow?
We are already paying to check-in suitcases, for food and water, for seat assignments, and now for blankets and pillows. Are you kidding me?
The next time I take a red-eye I am filling my carry on bag with pillows and blankets to sell for $5.00 a piece. I need to make some money too.

I do have some good news though. I think the resorts in the Caribbean have realized that the air rates are too high, and many of them have lowered their rates for new reservations for the Fall and Winter.
We now have some quality all-inclusive resorts with some really great prices. If you have never booked an all-inclusive, now is the time to try it. Now that you are essentially flying “a la carte” it is nice to get to your destination and not have to pay for another thing.
Book your holiday travel early since in addition to the airlines adding on these outrageous fees, they are cutting their flights as well.
Oh, and one more thing, might as well start your diet now, you never know what they will think of next.