Please remember what your mom and dad taught you. When in confined places, do not pull out the smelliest items you have at hand. You know what I mean. A meatball sandwich on the subway, fingernail polish in a car or a splash of perfume in line at the DMV.
The newest offender? Essential oils on a plane. On a recent flight from New York to Salt Lake City, it happened again. Someone in the seat behind me pulled out a small vial with a mix of sandalwood or lavender and something vaguely reminiscent of teenage sneakers. Despite the fact that air in planes is filtered and recycled about every 8-10 minutes, that stuff lingers like no other substance on the planet. It’s annoying and rude.
Even the flight attendants were commiserating with me about how SLC-bound flights have become intolerably odoriferous. As a trainer for the company (she was also a loud talker), maybe the woman seated in 22A should be instilling in her disciples the courtesies of using essential oils along with her assertions of the health benefits.
In case your parents never taught you, be mindful of your actions and please be considerate of others.
Dina Blaes, Millcreek
