Nothing clears/cleans my head like a good vacation and being that I was nearing the end of two months in ‘recovery,’ a vacation was just what I needed before returning to work.
Sleepless and I boarded the plane ‘redeye’ for anything and anything quickly came our way. Being that we were, as usual, near the last to board, the safety announcement started playing on the overhead screens almost immediately. As we were watched, we were pleased to find they had added a few quirky features to make it a little entertaining when all of a sudden the picture on the screen started shaking. “Is that tracking?” I asked Sleepless. “I do believe so,” she replied and we both beamed with joy.
Just to be sure we were right, we checked with the flight attendant. “Is the safety announcement being played on a VCR?” “Yes, yes it is. This plane is really old,” she replied. This news was a gift to us and a huge concern to the passengers seated in front of us. “Old is good,” the flight attendant told them and added, “They get better the more they’re in the air.” “Sounds like us,” I told Sleepless.
Once in the air the flight attendant popped a new VHS in the VCR. The in-flight movie, in 2013, was on VHS and, like the safety announcement, the tracking was a bit off. Clearly I wasn’t the only one in need of a head cleaner.