A woman beside me on the plane looks at my phone. I’m watching an SNL parody of “Bambi.”
She says, “Oh! You’re watching Bambi?”
She sounds excited. Thrilled to discover someone is enjoying the Disney classic.
I smile. I tell her, “I’m just watching until Bambi’s mom gets shot in the head. That’s my favorite part.”
She stares at me in shock.
She doesn’t realize I’m joking.
She turns away and aggressively ignores me. Takes out knitting and shoves earbuds into her head.
I decide to let her think I’m a monster. Air travel is hard. It’s the little things that make it palatable.
