Free Range by Bill Whitehead for July 31, 2023

“Crying shame.”

Shame that didn’t resolve into filicide

I’ll bet that was a true red eye flight.

He’s such a baby.

All I get to do is play loud thumping music in the car.

And that’s why they put me up for adoption.

That kid was on my last flight.

Which is why I always fly with disposable ear plugs. I could have sold several pairs on one particular flight.

Been there done that! Nothing is more infuriating than a kid crying and kicking your seat for 3 hrs and the mother does NOTHING!

I was on a short flight from Buffalo to Vegas with a rather harried young mom who’s 6 month old kid was screaming due to air pressure issues. I went back and got a sugar packet and walked up to the lady and said "Want me to fix that? She nodded, I licked my finger and dipped it in the sugar and put it in the kids mouth. Instant quiet. Sucking on the finger relieved the pressure. I gave her another packet and said it will happen again while we land. Do the same thing. i figured the stuff my mom did to me worked well and who cares where that finger was just before.

Last year I was on a 14-hour flight with five little kids. None of them screamed constantly, but hardly two minutes would go by without one of them screaming.

The meeting of the annoyance club.

…and THAT’S why they need to install windows in planes that you can open!!