Pronounced [Hub – mate] noun.A modern day hitch-hiker, now called a hubmate can officially insist you drive them to work and back in order to save on carbon emissions. The law also affords the hubmate the right to make formal arrangements for recreation times as well, this can extend the hubmat’s immediate family too if seats are available.
A drivers civil rights are not violated if their car has the capacity for extra passengers when there are empty seats available.
You will be pleased to know that concept "hubmate" has been extended to air travel as well (legislation is proceeding through Parliment as we speak). Under new law it will be an offence to prevent hitch hikers lining the sides of runways and thumbing lifts from half empty aircraft. Severe penalties are in place to be enforced if pilots fail to stop to pick up hubmates if there are empty seats on board (especially in first class!).
ReplyDeletePS. is that vehicle portrayed so beautifully on your site an escape pod from an intergalactic trader?
PPS.... Laura thinks that the two smiling people in the photo have just had an accident whilst blowing bubble gum...The bubble got away on them!
PPPS... ricrebel was the verification for this!
I had a friend who hitched a lift on a plane sort of. He had a ticket booked and paid for with BA from New York to London, he was traveling alone and a very humble 40 something guy. When he went to check in the hostess asked him if he would mind very much giving up his seat to an emergency passenger as he was a lone traveler it would be very helpful if he could board the next plane a few hours later. He said of course he would. The hostess said she would call him shortly.
ReplyDeleteAn hour passed and over the speaker came his name; would he go to the British Airways desk for his boarding card. Off he went; when he got there he found it was the Concord desk! He thought there must be some mistake. There was no mistake, he was checked in first class onto Concord, he arrived way before the plane he was meant to be on.
It just shows you…what happens when you are nice, but it is just the sort of thing that should have happened to him because he is so kind.
How good to read of kindness being rewarded!
ReplyDeletebelinsse! the word verification for this, seems the sort of thing that might be said to express appreciation or kind thoughts. Very apt I think!
Wow, I love that story about the man on concord, that has really made me smile. Great word yesterday mum - especially like the picture. I would like one of those cars, but I think I'd have to live somewhere flat.
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