I post this with humor. I know some are going to be pissed I did not take the chance... but I was tired and not in the mood for a fight.
I was flying home from SXSW last Monday. I booked this flight like last year, because I was speaking, I booked the flight as soon as I had learned that my talk had been selected.
The seat I had was the best I could get in this 2x2 small plane I was on, and not in first class, the bulk head seat on the aisle. Plenty of leg room, but no place to store your carry on...
So I pop on to the plane, and 5 mins later guess who sits in the seat on the other side of the aisle, Representative Darrel Issa of California.
< 10k things now cross my mind>
Because it is a small plane, and because I work for the government I choose to just ignore him the best I could, but man was this hard... because I know his indiscretions and I know that at the end of the day he would HATE me. Gay Government worker who also works strongly with people with disabilities... I SCREAM LIB!!!
Somewhere over Tenn or KY the pilot got a little chatty on the comm system... I was THIS CLOSE leaning over to Rep Issa and ask him if he could cut off this mic... but I did not say a word. I know... I am a coward, but this was really having a snake on a plane.
We landed, and as we were waiting for the door to open, I said Hello. He said hello and was making small talk with me, so I took the chance to make him squirm and told him all about my charity and what we did... we were trapped because the plane was so small we had to wait for our carry on to come from under the plane... He had a little bit of "Why do I have to talk to people" tude. He was a little more easy when I told him I was a disabled vet...
He went to give me a card, I told him it was unnecessary that I knew how to contact him.
I am sure some are going to be mad that I did not rip him a new one, but to be honest I was beat down after 4 days of SXSW...
Anyway. As we were waiting I asked if I could get a pic... he said sure. Mainly because I was sure none of my friends would believe me.
6:03 PM PT: He did ask to see my phone, A Nexus 5 from Google. Wanted to know all about it. I suspect he is a techo guy.