Do not destroy the lavitory smoke detectors.

Each time I fly, I mostly ignore the recorded messages played before takeoff. I have heard them hundreds of times, making it white noise. Today, while the message was playing, my mind drifts to a simple question: do people destroy bathroom smoke detectors on airplanes to puff a cig in-flight? According to the recording, It is a federal offence. I am thinking I would like to be on the federal grand jury for that case. If a person can't jones on an airplane, how well will they fair in court?

As a former smoker, I get what a nicotine fit feels like, but dayum... Check-yo-self. Meditate or something. OH-MA-NE-PA-NI-HUN, playa. Stop thinking you can't, and start saying "YUS."

This is the world we live in today. Where a person can be so caught up in self, they lose touch with the rules of engagement. Maybe they believe they are above them. We are all guilty of this from time to time, I know I have to pull myself back to earth on occasion. I am certain there are parts of my flawed personality akin to assholism, but I hold the door (hodor), say please and thank you, address men and woman with respect, and I tip well when merited.

Which segues into the crux, where is the decency today? Is it just plain gone?

As a man who is not overly political, not some huge jock, not an educated scholar, mathematician, or a natural computer wizard, not a hunter, nor overly tree hugging, I find myself outside of a conversation more often than in it. I am outgoing and loud, sure, but I am introverted as well. I claim to be a bit nerdy, because I am, but I have a very difficult time with little details that make nerds, nerds. Hell, I sing and play guitar, but am horribly uncomfortable on a stage. Life's little ironies I guess.

My point? I am not for everybody. I joke that people really like me, in very small increments, which is what makes me a good salesman. A joke that is not entirely untrue. It makes me a target for people, which gives me thicker skin than some, but I can honestly say, that even if a person is the largest hard head to me in daily deals, as long as I am treated with respect and decency, it's more than ok. I always try to return the favor. It's simple cause and effect.

Hence, it drives me insane when I see how utterly disrespectful people treat one another today. I am tired of hearing f-bombs in public places. I am tired of pop culture glamourizing sex as nothing more than exploits to be bragged about. I am tired of political in-fighting leading us nowhere, I grow weary of everyone only being in the game for themselves.

But I really want to meet the man or woman who would destroy a smoke dector on an airplane. That somebitch is on a whole other level. Word.

Nago