Its my first time to ride a plane with the built-in music players. All you need to bring are earplugs. You can choose the channel and set the volume. Problem is, in the genuine desire of Cebu Pacific to lower all costs, they do not use this plane's feature.
Moving on to the post title.
I was eying this peculiar woman/lady/girl/child who is about 20 years old. The catch is she owns a Hello Kitty clam-shaped phone. The whole time we were boarding the plane, she was talking on the phone and she was using her hand to cover her mouth. Her eyes loitered as if they are discussing the final touches of a plan to take over the world and secrecy is a top priority.
On the plane, we took about an hour to get a slot in the runway thus a painful delay. It is SOP on planes that all cellular phones must be off. This woman/lady/girl/child, living up to my adjective of 'peculiar', decided that her phone's temporary termination is an abomination of all things sacred. So she decided to leave her phone on. She even managed to take pictures using her Hello Kitty phone of the view from above. She did so in a manner obnoxious to the worry of the other passengers.
I myself do not believe that phones can redirect planes. I have seen the episode on Mythbusters. It is quite impossible that an exchange of SMS would suddenly direct your plane to the Pacific Ocean -- but rules are rules. And there are some risks not worth taking in using phones on an airplane. Plus the old woman beside her was worrying.
Some humans can get really insensitive. Using a phone in an airplane is like waiving a knife, at a safe distance, at a baby. It has risks and is stupid . Some are just stupid enough to take the risk.
The whole time this woman/lady/girl/child was smiling so I would not let go of the idea that she is actually cuckoo. I am sorry if you are but please, learn the coordinates of the off-button on your phone.
maybe just maybe... the phone doesn't have an off button that's why she wasn't able to put it off..
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