guys i dont want to thread jack but the title of this thread reminds me of an incident i had on a plane last week..... i think you guys might get a kick out of this story at my own expense... my co worker emailed this to about 4 people in our company and by Monday morning half the company (3000+ employees) knew about it... so at the expense of my pride here is why not to use Shure Earbuds on a plane(author is my co-worker):
The events that took place on Sunday 6/16/08 ….enjoy
12:30pm:
So I am sitting on the plane reading my book while the plane waits on the tarmac for a thunder storm to pass. All of a sudden the flight attendant gets on the intercom and ask “Is there a medical doctor or nurse on board? Please come to the front of the plane” I start think “wow someone up front must be sick or something.” I try to look but can not see. The doctor starts walking to the front of the plane and we all wait patiently. I did not know at the time but the person who was “sick” was Jonathan. Jonathan was listening to his Zune when the rubber piece of his ear bud got stuck in his ear. The doctor walks to the front of the plane and inspects Jonathan’s ear. In Jonathan’s efforts to remove the ear bud himself he actually lodged it in there. The doctor told him he would not be able to fly due to the high pressure building up in his ear which will cause a terrible amount of pain and may make his head explode. During all this I continue reading my book unknowing to what was actually going on; all of a sudden Jonathan comes to my seat. “Hey Joel, I’m going to have to meet you there tomorrow I have to get off the plane” said Jonathan, I took me a second to realize what he was saying. He continued, “ I got my ear bud stuck in my ear” At this point the comedy hadn’t settled in. I was still trying to figure out what just happen. All I could say is ok and continue to stare at my book. I wasn’t really reading it, just staring at the pages thinking, “how did he get that stuck, doesn’t anyone have something sharp to get it out (oh yea we are on a plane), is this really happening. At this point the captain gets on the intercom a little annoyed by the sound of his voice, “Folks, ahhhh…we seem to have a medical emergency on the plane….ahh…. we are going to have to head back to the gate….ahhh…. we will also refuel there since we burnt some on the tarmac…..ahhh… I apologize for the inconvenience.”
1:00pm:
At this point the plane starts making its way back to the gate. The lady sitting next to me finally builds up the courage to ask, “ so what did your friend get stuck in his ear.” At this point the comedy began setting in. I said, “a power ranger” she looked at me in shock, “no the ear bud of his headphone.” I could immediately see that she was holding in a laugh. I also noticed that all the seats around me were leaning into the conversation.
1:30pm:
We arrive at the gate, “ WILL JONATHAN D’URSO PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE PLANE” In all my years of living in a Frat house I have never seen a walk of shame more embarrassing then that. All eyes were on Jon. As soon as he got of the plane cell phone started up and people were spreading the word. I myself called at least 3 people.
2:30pm
we were finally ready to fly. 2 hours delayed because of Jonathan
Meanwhile, Jon gets picked up by an ambulance gets taken to the hospital. Now Jon is sitting in the waiting room and the doctor walks in, doctor says “opps im sorry I am in the wrong room” he looks at the 26 year old man sitting there and says “wait are you Jon?” Jon nods yes, doctor says “ oh sorry I was expecting a little kid.”
Moral of the story.... either dont fly with co-workers or use over the ear headphones when you fly because that was the most embaressing day of my life.