In-Flight Etiquette

From John J.Nance at ABC News today: "When the plane is taxiing in and you've fired up your cell phone, keep your voice low. We can hear you. All of us."

It's a modern day mystery -- why some folks holler into cell phones like they're at a hog-calling contest. This is just distracting in the Starbuck's line; on a plane, it's downright weird. You might assume boisterously-voiced business types are using their cellphones to confirm mega merger meetings -- if you overhear the conversation, though, which you will, along with everyone else, you'll find that the urgent calls that can't wait to be shouted are more along the lines of how the weather was in wherever.

Nance proposes a code for in-flight behavior; great reading if you haven't flown before ("First, if you're sitting in an aisle seat, please understand that you're in a thinly disguised physical fitness program"), and a good refresher for old plane hands.

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