FourThe passengers of flight 1632 mill about storing luggage overhead, finding and settling into their seats, and making the boarding process unnecessarily longer. One of them tries to stow a pet carrier under her seat but it's too big and, alas, has to be relegated to the baggage compartment. The pet's owner swallows a tranquilizer, hoping to erase visions of Muffy's demise in transit.
Michael makes his way down the aisle to 7F and discovers an obnoxious young boy in his seat, fiddling with the head phones, which he has unwrapped and starts to put on his head.
“Hey, Sport. Do you mind? You're in my seat.”
The flight attendant standing right behind Michael is more authoritarian. “Don't touch those, young man. Please return to your own seat.”
The boy sticks his tongue out at them, and s
