This is getting worse. An Italian woman with a cellphone just took the seat opposite me. No need to say more.
"DEVO LASCIARE UN MESSAGGIO MOLTO IMPORTANTE!" .... "This one says, 'Six weeks on, three weeks off--that's not terrible, that's obviously not what I want, but ... " HAI PRESON L'AUTO PER ESSERE RIPARATA????!! "This Fiji one is like ten days together every month ... "
Okay, time to board. If I get seated near a yammerer, I plan to start coughing, complaining enthusiastically of a fever, and hinting at a recent vacation in Wuhan. Wish me luck.
