The Devil’s Advocate Hits Me Where It Hurts… Right In The Duck!

The Devil’s Advocate Hits Me Where It Hurts… Right In The Duck!

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My friend Scott runs the Hack My Trip blog, and he does a great job with it.

We’re very different – I felt like going to college was the biggest waste of my life, while he has like 14 doctoral degrees and is trying to figure out a way to get back into school, cause he loves learning that much. So I guess basically I’m (a much less attractive version of) Penny, and he’s Sheldon. Except as far as I know he doesn’t have a relationship agreement with his wife (who in no way resembles Amy Farrah Fowler, for the record). For those of you that don’t watch The Big Bang Theory, please disregard all of the above.

Anyway, Scott has some great contributors on his blog, and one of my favorites is The Devil’s Advocate. I’m sure you can guess from which perspective he writes.

His posts are brilliant and he’s hilarious. I had the chance to meet him this past weekend at Frequent Traveler University in Chicago, and he was every bit as witty as I had hoped.

As we were having some drinks I snapped my fingers in a “z” formation and said “try me, b!tch,” thinking he could write something that I could have a good response to.

Well, he hit me where it hurts and attacked me in the one area I simply don’t have a good response to – the Lufthansa First Class Terminal. Check out his post, entitled “Will a Certain Fellow Blogger Please Calm Down About Lufthansa.”

A few of the gems:

Oh, but wait! There’s a cigar lounge where you can sit and smoke a cigar from the lounge’s extensive collection. That’s great. There’s nothing more ideal than filling your lungs with smoke right before climbing aboard a heavily pressurized tube with only recycled air for 12 hours straight.

Plucky also likes to make a big deal of the fact that the First Class Terminal has shower rooms, including a few with Jacuzzi tubs. These are also available on a first come, first serve basis, though admittedly there’s more of these than the nap rooms. So you’re more likely to be able to get in one of them… assuming the one thing you’re dying to do in the midst of traveling is to take off all your clothes and get into a shower or tub that’s been previously used by hundreds of other people.

I’m going to let Plucky in on a little secret. If small plastic ducks are your thing, you don’t have to fly to Frankfurt or burn tens of thousands of miles on Lufthansa First Class to get them. They’re available at almost any toy store. Or you can order them on something called “The Internet.” Yes, they have rubber duckies on this Internet thing in various shapes, colors, and sizes as well. I’d start my search on a place called Amazon where you can find a collection of 26 ducks for less than $12. Hey Plucky, that’s only 1,200 UR points even if you redeem points directly for cash!

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Leave me and my ducks alone!!!

Yeah, so I really don’t have a good response, unfortunately, other than to say “ouch.”

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Well, that and at least I don’t fly my girlfriend in angled flat business class (which admittedly would require having a girlfriend, but I digress).

Unless we’re going to count a video of Scott getting paddled on Saturday night as leverage, I’ll just be sitting in the corner crying, I think…

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  1. Steve Guest

    I am on Lucky's side on this one. He would never fly his boyfriends on angled flat business class!

  2. Ivan Y Diamond

    Hilarious! Thanks @Scottrick :D

  3. Henry Guest

    That was brilliant! Made me LOL for real when I read that item in Hack My Trip ...

  4. Al Guest

    Well, obviously you wouldn't be flying your girlfriend in angled-flat business class - you and your boyfriend would both be up front in flat-bed first. ;)

  5. No Fly Zone Member

    I've read both sides of this. Are you guys having fun?

  6. Paul Chang Guest

    Unfortunately, Ben, Scott really got you good this time..... I too don't see the appeal of LH, FCT or otherwise. Give me lovely SQ flight attendants any day. If it's any consolation though, I thought your presentations were the best at FTU Advanced. So where did you end up after Chicago? Picked up another rubber duck?

  7. Jake from MSP Guest

    Yes, a degree in the custodial arts will do that.

  8. Rapid Travel Chai Member

    I'll have 8 hours in FRA between LH flights on a biz trip, not going to spend it in the lowly biz lounge, any sightseeing suggestions first-time Frankfurt? I will be traveling without Porsche escort.

  9. Deo Member

    Btw awesome Ben ! Great job ! *claps*

    http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DSCN1233.jpg

  10. Adam Guest

    hold on a second, lucky you're based on the east coast right? and scott is on the west coast... this sounds like a good ol fashioned: east coast vs. west coast showdown. lol the devil's advocate def threw out some fighting words there.

    and yeah also looking forward to this supposed paddling vid :D

  11. Chris New Member

    @Tom - Yes!!! Brilliant.

  12. Tom New Member

    If you were Sheldon Cooper, Lufthansa FCT is your meemaw.

  13. Joey Diamond

    Plucky?!? Best name ever! Can we call you that from now on? ;)

  14. Danny_L Guest

    Lucky, why do you think going to college was the biggest waste of your life?

  15. Ken Y. Guest

    Going to school at Florida State is indeed be a big waste of time and money.

  16. Aleks K. Guest

    But back to that paddling video...?

  17. Scottrick Guest

    And now I've given Ben more fodder...

    Corrected comment: "We’re a different breed at HMT. Unlike The Devil’s Advocate, I didn’t make my girlfriend fly in an angled lie-flat seat, but a year later when she was my wife, I did make her fly in one on our honeymoon. :P"

  18. Scottrick Guest

    We're a different breed at HMT. Unlike The Devil's Advocate, I didn't make my girlfriend in an angled lie-flat seat, but a year later when she was my wife, I did make her do it on our honeymoon. :P

  19. Tatyana New Member

    Thanks, Ben. We need some break after watching CNN these days. Besides you have passion for what you do, which makes you so different from other bloggers.

  20. Mark Guest

    I wish I had that minute of my life back

  21. Nick OMAAT

    I think the best response would be to tell him to duck off. :-)

  22. Tokyo Hyatt Fan Guest

    I've yet to find an internet duck that can match the quality of those found at the Conrad Tokyo!

  23. mike k Guest

    Who fills their lungs with cigar smoke? Not supposed to inhale.

  24. Kelly Guest

    Ouch indeed, and I'm still LMAO!

    And Ben - when exactly will you posting that video of Scott getting paddled?

  25. David Guest

    He got you good! Great piece. Take that Plucky!!!

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Steve Guest

I am on Lucky's side on this one. He would never fly his boyfriends on angled flat business class!

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Ivan Y Diamond

Hilarious! Thanks @Scottrick :D

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Henry Guest

That was brilliant! Made me LOL for real when I read that item in Hack My Trip ...

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