I was in the Austin airport, looking for my gate, when a raspy voice rang out:

“If he wants more than I’m giving him, fuck him. No, seriously, fuck him.”

And I said:

“This must be the flight to New York.”

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20 Responses to “Flying North”

1. 
   Jonathan Snook said on 18 March 2009 at 10:14 am:

   And you have summed up one of the reasons I love New York.

   One time I was in NYC, these guys were getting out of a cab and the cars lined up behind them started honking (as seems necessary since I’m sure the cabby doesn’t realize he’s blocking traffic). The guys getting out of the cab give the finger to the honkers. For some reason, it all felt good-natured. And it just made me smile.

   Thanks for making me smile, Zeldman.

2. 
   L.A. Nolan II said on 18 March 2009 at 10:20 am:

   LOL that was too funny… must have been a flight to JFK (I am from NYC)

3. 
   Josh Stodola said on 18 March 2009 at 10:35 am:

   Man, this had me laughing for ten minutes!

4. 
   beto said on 18 March 2009 at 10:55 am:

   LOL, definitely New York-y.

   And your quote sounds like something I would have said about my lawyer these days. With those exact same words.

5. 
   tucola said on 18 March 2009 at 10:57 am:

   Good to see that amusement inflation is not mirroring the worrying movement of the CPI towards possible negative rate of change…

6. 
   Fred Yates said on 18 March 2009 at 11:03 am:

   This post reminds me of one of the many reasons I hate new york :)

7. 
   Matt Robin said on 18 March 2009 at 11:04 am:

   LOL! Gawdbless NYC!

8. 
   dennis podgorski said on 18 March 2009 at 11:19 am:

   LMAO – this is why you have to love NY and true New Yorkers not the transplants.

9. 
   Ara Pehlivanian said on 18 March 2009 at 11:19 am:

   Must’ve been like finding a McDonalds in Mexico. :-)

10. 
    Trent said on 18 March 2009 at 12:34 pm:

    Wait, I wasn’t flying to NY yesterday.

11. 
    JD said on 18 March 2009 at 12:58 pm:

    Or it could have been Karl Rove after a rowdy night.

12. 
    Jeff Bishop said on 18 March 2009 at 3:25 pm:

    This also had me laughing and forwarding your page to a bunch of friends. Those New Yorkers – so entitled! ;)

13. 
    Richard Fink said on 18 March 2009 at 5:24 pm:

    Thanks for this – a breath of fresh air.
    As a lifelong New Yorker (until recently) I seriously relate to what the guy was saying. I mean really, if the guy wants more than he fuckin’ got, then fuck him. Absolutely. Fuck him and his mother, too. Shit…

14. 
    Thiago Cavalcanti said on 18 March 2009 at 8:35 pm:

    “Fuck him and his mother, too”, and if that still isn’t enough, just fucking kill him!

15. 
    Bennie Mosher said on 18 March 2009 at 8:35 pm:

    Man those New Yorkers are amazing! Makes me laugh and remember a walk in the park in New York! HAH!

16. 
    Stéphane Deschamps said on 19 March 2009 at 9:21 am:

    Oh, now I get it why the Paris-New York fare is one of the most successful in the world.

    Paris people definitely sound like New Yorkers, then.

17. 
    david said on 19 March 2009 at 10:04 am:

    Love it. My all-time favorite cartoon is by Callahan; two panels illustrating the difference between LA and NYC. In LA, two smiling guys. They’re telling each other, “Have a nice day!” And they’re both thinking, “Fuck you!” In New York, two scowling guys. They’re telling each other, “Fuck you!” And they’re both thinking, “Have a nice day!”

18. 
    Ivan Wilson said on 19 March 2009 at 2:03 pm:

    Ah, you New Yorkers! Hard as concrete on the outside. Soft as a pillow on the inside. And I spend last weekend in NYC listening to string quartets :-)

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20. 
    the communicatrix said on 28 March 2009 at 3:46 pm:

    This item shouldn’t be earning responses; it should be earning gold stars.