Overheard in First Class
On Wednesday, as I was walking to my seat on the airplane, I passed through the first class section (as one does), and I heard a man and a woman arguing. I couldn't tell how serious they were, but my best guess at tone was that they were trying to sound unserious about something that they were both kinda annoyed/upset about.
It went like this (not exact quotes, but close):
Her: It's worth it.
Him: But it's really expensive.
Her: Nobody asked you.
Him: You asked me to pay for it.
Her: At least I don't buy a thousand dollars worth of clothes every month. [I think the implication was that some other women would ask him to buy them a lot of expensive clothing, and that at least she didn't do that.]
Him: [Something I didn't quite catch, about her buying a bunch of non-clothing stuff.]
Her: [Something else I didn't quite catch.]
Him: But that does kind of undermine your argument.
Her: No it doesn't.
Him: Yes it does.
Her: No it doesn't.
Him: Yes it does.
...and then I was out of earshot, so I don't know how many times they repeated the No/Yes thing.
At the time, I assumed the “it” that was worth it was some kind of electronic gadget or something—I vaguely think I caught a glimpse of the couple and that she was holding a tablet, and my impression was that they were both geeks. But in retrospect, I wonder if “it” was flying first class.
I feel like there was some interesting stuff going on in that argument, but I'm too groggy this morning to unpack it, so I'm presenting it without comment.