{"id":2621,"date":"2018-03-08T01:09:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2018-03-03T08:05:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:05:27","slug":"bigger-people-smaller-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2018\/03\/bigger-people-smaller-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger People, Smaller Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

Sometimes I wonder what smart people are doing. They must have something happening behind the scenes because smart people can’t be this stupid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I recently sat in an airliner for about 20 hours during a couple days time. In my past, I did this frequently, but not so much lately. A couple of things I noticed:<\/p>\n

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  1. The seats are smaller<\/li>\n
  2. The people are bigger<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hmmmm, this doesn’t work. I had the misfortune of sitting next to large people. They spill over into “my space.” Uncomfortable? Yes. Excuse my greed for wanting to keep the space designated to me.<\/p>\n

    (1) People who design airplanes are pretty smart. I mean, airplanes are not falling out of the sky on an hourly basis. They seem to fly pretty well. Good, smart people are designing and building these things.<\/p>\n

    (2) People who design airplanes are making the seats smaller and seeing that larger people are boarding the planes. They know what they are designing. They notice the seats are smaller. A N D they notice the people who are boarding the planes and sitting in those smaller seats.<\/p>\n

    What gives? This is just plain stupid, and smart people don’t often engage in just plain stupid. Some possibilities:<\/p>\n

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    • Market surveys show low price trumps all.<\/li>\n
    • Market surveys indicate that people will endure anything just to reach a destination quickly.<\/li>\n
    • No one complains about large people on airplanes.<\/li>\n
    • Short-term profits over-rule everything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Perhaps there are more guesses. I don’t know. Please help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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