Dec from Irene - travel attire

Here is Irene's card and envelope from the Dec exchange. All of us, including me, are tired of hearing me say that I hope to get my nibs and ink out of storage. This is inspirational. I was tempted to save some of my Dec mail to post in Dec of 2026 - but - that doesn't fit with my new system of posting which seems to be working out.

 

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I need to forward this to Troy because he has let me know that he likes my rants.

It has been suggested that the decline in manners both on planes and at the airport has declined and if customers would go back to dressing up when they travel that would generate better manners.

What about the fact that passengers are being squeezed in like sardines? I would never wear my nicer clothes on a plane. I've often considered wearing something that I could just throw away after I reached my destination. If I traveled overseas,  I would absolutely wear something that I could throw away which. would free up space to buy one or two new items.

I'm not saying that the airlines are to blame for the decline in manners. But, telling your customers that they are rude and poorly dressed isn't going to help matters.

I'm a pleasant person when I travel and I've seen a few people who were not on their best behavior. But, a blanket statement telling people to dress differently clearly rubs me the wrong way. I actually enjoy some of the weird get ups. I was disappointed one time - when I couldn't stop and take a picture of an older, long haired, bearded gentleman who was also a size that would have inched into my space if we would have been seated in the same row. He was wearing bib overall cut-offs and a big cowboy hat and cowboy boots. And this was just Des Moines.