Tonight's Curb Your Enthusiasm brought to mind on of my greatest ideas ever; profiling on airplanes. No, not that type of profiling. Tonight's episode started with Larry seated on a plane in the boarding process when the greatest thing happened to him; an attractive woman sat next to him. Compete luck of the draw. Well, not really, it was scripted. In real life, though, complete luck of the draw.
My idea to make this process a little less random? The airlines should give you the option of linking up your social networking sites (specifically Facebook and Twitter) to your frequent flyer account. Think about it, when you're selecting your seat you can click on the seat next to you to see who you're going to be sitting next to. The airlines could even charge for it. By now, you're probably thinking one of two things; what a pig, he only wants to sit next to attractive women or only guys would use this service. Wrong.
As a rather tall and wide fella (not quite as tall as wide), I prefer to not sit next to someone of similar shape and size as me. The 5'7 140lb guy who doesn't have a twitter page meaning he doesn't find it necessary to share every single thought? Perfect, sign me up. Profile picture with the wife and no sign of kids? Even better, I don't have to hear about his kid's soccer game. The attractive woman with the profile picture of her and her friends at the beach? Eh, unless I took down a drunk unruly passenger, she probably isn't going to take her head out of whatever she's reading.
As for this being only used by guys? Doubt it. A few weeks ago, my friend happened to luck out on her flight back home and was seated next to a Med student that went to a Division I school on an athletic scholarship. Her words? I believe they were something like, "Jackpot!" Now, I'm pretty sure that he was actually more psyched to sit next to her than she was to him, or at least he should have been, but why leave to chance making your flight a little more enjoyable? You don't think a woman wants to avoid sitting next to the guy with the shirtless self photo in the mirror profile picture?
Major US airlines made $2 billion in baggage fees last year and people went out of their way to NOT check bags. This "profiling" is a service that people would be tripping over to use whether they want to admit it or not. They could charge $10 a flight for the privilege of seeing your seatmates. Want to see who you're sitting next to, but don't want anyone to see you? That will be $20 please. It is a win win for everyone; the poor airlines can finally make a little money and you can improve your four hour flight to Salt Lake City. Wouldn't you pay $10 to avoid this situation?
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