LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "Talking Turkey" Edition
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Readers,
Happy Thanksgiving!
Have you noticed a phenomenon, whether you are a Twitter user or not, whereby you'll read something about ordinary people who "tweet at" specific companies, usually to complain about customer service or a product flaw. I love to read stories about how these consumers get apologies, free stuff, and even more! So last week, I tried it.
I was connected to the (outrageously priced) GoGoInflight on American Airlines. For me, pretty much every single time it seems like it's going to be a convenience. Then it becomes a kind of spinning iOS whirligig purgatory, reminiscent of 110 years ago when we all waited for hours for AOL Dialup to connect while listening to the weird modem sound.
I didn't end up tweeting at @GogoInFlight (who, btw, has to "accept" your Follow request because they probably got tired of all the negative tweets from trapped passengers on airplanes). Instead, I just used it as a moment to say "I don't really need to be on the internet." Which happens more and more frequently, actually.
I turned it all off and was psyched to read my awesome book. However, what I had dimly noticed in the background of my internet connection frustration now became a full-on aural assault. A gentleman in the seat in front of me had started to snore. Not just mild snuffling or a just-in-the-moment-body-rearrangement-induced mouth fart. But an open-mouthed, 3-scotches-maybe-more, down for the count, Seven-Dwarves-level cacophony. (FYI: If you're going to click on anything in this edition, it's worth it to click on this link).
I have had this challenge before. On short hops to Miami or Chicago or Maine. On overnight flights to Europe. On 20-hour jaunts to far-away continents. Everyone has experienced a variety of cat-nap and deep-sleep offenses from seat mates. Sometimes I have had to scout a number of rows up and over to find the offending snorer. Even though there's usually nothing I can do, I need to find out where the sound is coming from. That may sound extreme but don't forget I am a person who travels with a roll of black paper tape to cover over visually offensive (but mercifully silent) LED lights on tv's, air conditioning units, and my own electronics in hotel rooms!
Maybe for the snorers you would suggest that I use earplugs or headphones? Useless for me. Give a gentle poke? A not-so-gentle poke? I confess that I have succumbed to the oh-i-just-happened-to-shove-you-in-the-shoulder-as-I-walk-by tactics. But in this particular case it just wouldn't work. He was one seat up and over and I couldn't get to him without practically climbing over the snorer's neighbor.
I wondered to myself whether there is a protocol for this type of thing in the flight attendant handbook. I thought about asking one of them. But they were having that middle-of-the-flight respite from passengers like me, reading hand-me-down People Magazines and the like. I let them be. Unable to concentrate on my book, I decided to brave the indignity of the expensive and poor internet connection I had already signed up for. I laboriously booted up, re-logged on, and… tweeted @AmericanAirlines!
I thought I phrased my question very nicely. And the customer service/social media manager tweeted back their response very swiftly.
I really don't know about this answer. It was nice. But clearly on the side of the Snorers' Rights movement. What do you think??
While I'm waiting for your response, I am going to give thanks in advance for a pleasant and satiating Thanksgiving weekend, and look forward to a winter that is better, weather-wise, than last winter. But with 5 feet of snow in Buffalo, a drought in California, and frigid temps in NYC, the weather Gods and climate change-deniers are testing us.
Every week, The Sunday Paper is thankful that smart women do smart things in business, digital, tech, media, music, tv, film, fashion, sports, and culture. And thankful that others write about them. We also highlight news about things that happen to women. Sometimes that news seems particularly grim, even overwhelming. But presenting it, knowing that you are reading it and thinking about it, talking about it, and possibly doing something about it, along with many others, is good.
Email me at LZSundayPaper.com or tweet me at @LZSundayPaper to get me to stop snoring or tell me any other non-troll-y things you have to say. And have a laugh, at The Sunday Paper's expense.
Thank you, and see you next Sunday!
LZ
THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
The Mother Of Thanksgiving via History.com
NEWS & INSIGHTS:
The Cosby Show via The New Republic
"Declining to seriously reckon with the rape allegations against him is reckless. And I was once reckless."
The Moment I Learned Just How Far Uber Will Go To Silence Journalists And Attack Women via Pando Daily
"The woman that this Uber executive has vowed to go to nearly any lengths to ruin, to bully into silence? Me."
Yazidi Girls Seized By ISIS Speak Out After Escape via The New York Times
“Today is the day of (female) slaves and we should have our share,” a fighter declares.
A Rape On Campus: A Brutal Assault And Struggle For Justice At UVA via Rolling Stone
"I went to the dean covered in scabs and with broken ribs," she remembers. "And he said, 'Do you think it was just regrettable sex?'"
Rethink What You 'Know' About High Achieving Women via The Harvard Business Review
"The vast majority of women anticipated that their careers would rank equally with their partners. Many of them were disappointed."
Meet The Women Challenging The Media And Tech Establishments via Fast Company
"More journalists are making the leap into entrepreneurship."
Mattel Apologizes For Controversial Barbie Book, Pulls It From Online Stores via Mashable
"'It will go faster if Brian and I help,' the character Steven says to Barbie in the story, and she's quick to oblige."
She Has Curves And Stretch Marks. Meet 'Normal' Barbie via The Washington Post
"Guys are a lot grosser," he chuckled. "it's hard to say the inappropriate things we could possibly do."
These Startup Dudes Want To Make Women's Private Parts Smell Like Ripe Fruit via Inc.
"All your smells are not human. They're produced by the creatures that live on you."
The Brotherhood Of The Stay-At-Home Dad via The New York Times
"Good-natured heckling was allowed, but only because each of these men shared a kind of understanding."
Women Given Little To Say In Hollywood's Biggest Films of 2013 via The Wrap
"Percentage of films with 'balanced' casts: 16"
Saudi Man Divorces Wife Minutes After He Sees Her Face via The Cut
"You are not the one i imagined."
Living An Upright Life As A Coach And A Nun via The New York Times
"Maurer’s fourth-floor room at the monastery overlooks the practice field, and the sound of whistles and the clacking of shoulder pads were too enticing."
Saying Hi: Continuing Golf's Positive Outreach To Women via Generation W via Sports Business Daily
"I now have a healthy handicap that enables me to compete in most matches, but like many women, I came to the game slowly and cautiously."
Strippers Follow Cheerleaders In Suing Their Exploitative Employers -- And Winning via Slate
"The strippers are workers and, as workers, are owed at least minimum wage."
Yes You Should Play The New Grand Theft Auto V via Medium
"In first person mode, you get to look right into her eyes and hear her say hot, sexy things…"
France's Simple Solution To Curbing Helicopter Parents Makes Life Better For Women via Quartz
"Kids need to learn autonomy and resilience without mommy always hanging around."
Male TV Host Wears Same Suit For A Year. Noone Notices. via USA Today
"But women, they wear the wrong color and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there's thousands of tweets written about them."
'Dingo's Got My Baby': A Woman On Trial By The Media via The Retro Report via The New York Times
"She was later exonerated, but soon fell victim to a joke that distracted the world from the real story."
AND WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:
Artist Seamlessly Inserts Herself Into Vintage B&W Family Snapshots via Feature Shoot
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