Yuppies are well known for their selfishness. They not only hog the road in their mammoth SUVs, but also hog the seats in airplanes. When a flight is booked to capacity, do they do what is gracious, kind and unselfish.....Of course not!!!
A flight was booked up and this one particular pretty boy and his girlfriend from Nutley New Jersey book a row of Three seats in business class so they will have room in the middle to set down the bottled water and peanuts. The airline made a slight error and overbooked by one passanger. As it turned out there was only one empty set on the plane, and it was the one in the middle that Mr.and Mrs. Yuppie had booked for their water bottle and bag of peanuts. The flight attendant tells them that they need that seat for this passanger, or he will have to get off the plane and take a later flight. The airline offers to reimburse the couple. The Yuppies tell the other guy to enjoy his later flight because we ain't giving up our extra empty seat. The guy gives them a look that could kill, and angrily exits the plane to wait for a later flight. I guess the airline could have offered Mr. & Mrs. Yuppie some extra incentive, but this is kind of like refusing to share your water in the desert.
I don't know what anyone else thinks, but Mr. and Mrs. Selfish should have looked beyond their own shallow needs in kindness and compassion to inhabitants of the world other than themselves. Luckily this guys name was not made public, or he would have become the whipping post for shallow, selfish and superficial people everywhere.
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Bill Berckman
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