as we waited at the gate for our plane, i was amazed by the new ‘system’ in place. i couldn’t quite get a handle on it at first, didn’t know exactly where to sit, where to line up, when, etc.

 this is how the gate agent explained it to me. ‘we’ll call you by your letter and you stand in a single file line by the pole that has your number on it that goes with your letter that we’ll call and then we’ll call you by letter and number together and and we’ll know you by that.  there are approximately 100 small strips of spaces with seats with numbers.’ being the black sheep that i am, i waited until the last possible second to get into line in my assigned number/letter place, and was met with gate agent glares. i think some of the other sheep may have been upset with me too. 

 

People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader – occasionally in the right direction.

Alexander Chase

 

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Albert Einstein

 

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal