Naked man goes wild on a Southwest flight from Oakland to St. Louis. Former pickpockets in London are being hired to put more than $100,000 back into British (and anyone other luck folk’s) pockets. A 6-year-old gets hired as Director of Fun.
We aren’t making this up. These were found in last week’s headlines.
Naked man goes on airplane rampage
A passenger on a Southwest flight got in an altercation with the woman sitting beside him and ended up stripping in the airplane cabin after punching his seatmate. Heck, there were no tarmac delays or other problems. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
Authorities say a St. Louis-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Oakland International Airport after a male passenger stripped, hit another passenger and fought with crew members.
Alameda County sheriff’s deputies say Flight 947 returned Thursday morning after 21-year-old Darius Chappille of Oakland allegedly exposed himself to the female passenger sitting next to him and punched her in the face.
Pickpockets in London giving money back
A broadband company has come up with this promotion to put money back in the pockets of consumers. A band of reformed pickpockets are being paid to put money back in the pockets of unassuming pedestrians and tube riders in downtown London. The program is being tested till the and of August and then will be rolled out nationwide.
Visitors to London always have to be on the look out for pickpockets, but now there’s another, more positive phenomenon on the loose — putpockets.
Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets have turned over a new leaf and are now trawling London’s tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting pockets.
Anything from 5 pounds ($8) to 20 pound notes is being surreptitiously deposited in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots.
Museum names 6-year-old director of fun
In a strange turn of affairs, a 6-year-old has been hired by a respected railway museum in Britain to become their director of fun. He actually applied to become the museum’s dierctor, however, the vetting process downgraded his aspirations to being in charge of fun.
Mrs Pointon said the family was on holiday when her husband noticed an advert in a newspaper announcing the retirement of Mr Scott.
She said: “We started teasing Sam saying it would be his dream job.
“When we got back from holiday he started to write a letter and we ended up posting it.
“The next thing we know we are invited to the museum and Sam is director of fun.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
