YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN

Flying Southwest you never really know what you're going to get. Meaning you show up and they are like, "This is a 14 stop flight... sit back and relax." While on one of these flights, Shelly and I were privileged enough to get to ride on the Shamu 737 for Southwest Airlines. Aboard this thing I kept thinking a few things:

1) Don't whales live in the water?
2) What does an airplane have to do with whales?
3) Why did they spend so long showing me how to inflate my under-seat flotation device?

You would think that being on a 'special' plane would result in special treatment or at least special memories right? Wrong! I don't even think any of the crew knew we were on the Shamu plane. I mean come on... we should have gotten something for this momentous occasion. A whole can of soda? A jumbo (Shamu-sized) package of peanuts? An announcement at our arriving Gate, "Ladies and Gentleman... the Shamu passengers are deboarding please make way." Something???

But we got nothing.

So the next time you see one of these beasts in the air just remember... They don't care about you. They're not there to please you. I think someone should call Sea World and complain. I mean I bet they paid a lot of money for that whale airplane. I should have at least seen a brochure for Sea World or something.

Now that I think about it... I'm not even sure why they have this plane in the first place. I mean I only saw it for like 1 second as it sped into the Gate. Then we could not get a good picture of it until after we landed. (this shot is the best one I could get). Who really sees this plane? Nobody sees it in the sky. You can't really see it on the ground with all the security and stuff. I think some simple Shamu stickers would have been better.