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Apprentice "Celebrity" Thinks Business Class is ONLY for Adults

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Lottie Lion from the British version of BBC's The Apprentice has some profound feelings about her flight being interrupted from London to Paris by what she called "a bratty six year old." Her declaration has been divisive, but she did add that the parents were sitting in the front row.  I know from personal experience that sitting next to wailing children whose parents have slunk off to another part of the plane and are whooping it up, drinking cocktails, and watching television is annoying and inappropriate. Or the ones who act like they don't even know their child is in distress need to be whole arm slapped. I have also comforted a child who was afraid and had a flight attendant tell a parent they needed to come and we will exchange seats. Most of the time, the parent is also anxious, but sometimes they seem to think it is their time off. Once, a mother scowled at me for summoning her. The kid was crying so hard there was snot everywhere, and not to be shallow, but ...