What do you do when you fly long-haul?

I talk to strangers.

It is much easier to start conversation with a person stuck next to you whom you will probably never see again.

Here’s just some people I can remember talking to

  • Rimskiy-Korsakov’s grand son, consul of Belgium
  • Tiffany’s diamond buying director
  • GE regional director
  • director of nuclear research institute
  • salesperson selling grass to football stadiums
  • VP of scaffolding making corporation
  • antique floors maker
  • Movie director
  • TV host
  • Bankers
  •  Students
  • Elderly parents visiting their children abroad

And I talk to the crew. They seem to appreciate when someone treats them as people and not serve-me-food-now objects

Have you met some interesting characters on board? Are you the one to tell your life story to a stranger?

 

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