Air travel isn't what it used to be. There was a time that people would get dressed for a plane trip. A time when the airlines treated their passengers with respect and actually cared about customer comfort. For the most part, those days are long gone. There's a restaurant here in my new home for the day, Newark Airport, called Gallagher's that specializes in steaks. They show off the uncut slabs, proof of the quality. It just looks creepy to me and also struck me as an apt metaphor modern air travel. OK HW
I get the metaphor but they still look tasty.
ReplyDeleteAnd, though my age has limited my exposure to the golden age of many things, I do remember what it USED to be like to fly. Now, I have to get my credit card out to charge a soda on some airlines and the meat metaphor certainly translates! If I could sail trans-Atlantic in a reasonable amount of time, I would certainly try! Hope your trip was pleasurable, aside from the cattle prods:)
ReplyDeleteMeat as a metaphor for so many things around us or about us, of course now Hal, you have pointed out meat as a metaphor for air travel. Tis true, we are all just another brick in the wall. Or another ham hock boarding a plane. That is why I love hearing from you Hal, great precept-ion!
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