I was on a flight from Dallas, Texas to New York this past Sunday which was very crowded. Customarily, passengers would walk to their seats, put their bags away and then allow the person behind them to pass by. I found my seat, put one of my bags away quickly but noticed as I had just finished that the young man behind me squeezed past before I could allow him to pass by. This stuck me as unusual, as we usually wait until the person in front moves out of the way. Granted that I did not take more than two or three seconds I felt that he could have waited - I have had to wait a lot longer. I later found out that he was from the Kingdom of Swaziland(he had his passport out in the open). This reminded me that courtesy practices may differ between cultures. However, we must remember that this is not always the case and that some people are just discourteous.
Ilan Smith
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