In their defence, Virgin does offer perks. The food is edible, the portions aren’t mean and are delivered with reasonable frequency. And in an attempt to force exercise and avoid legal action for deep vein thrombosis, the grinning hostesses provide copious free drinks to keep your bladder full to point critical. Each seat is also allotted an individual screen to play games, watch TV and films and guarantee the onset of myopia. I did my best not to doubt H’s assurance that the person in the next seat can’t see your screen. Still, when I found myself unexpectedly and completely accidentally faced with an explicit sex scene on my screen, I almost knocked myself senseless in the rush to turn the offending movie off before my neighbour formed the impression that I was a pervert.
A Bite of the Big Apple
