I was on a flight to visit my grandmother, who had been in and out of the hospital. She raised me, encouraged me to pursue graphic design, and I<\/p>\n
needed to see her. As a freelance designer, my laptop is my lifeline it\u2019s how I work and stay connected. A middle-aged man sat beside me, barely<\/p>\n
acknowledged my presence, and ordered a whiskey mid-flight.<\/p>\n
Moments later, he accidentally spilled the drink all over my lap and my laptop. I was shocked. The keyboard was soaked, the screen flickering. I asked<\/p>\n
him to at least apologize. He sneered and said,\u00a0\u201cWhat are you gonna do, cry about it?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Then turned back to his phone. I was speechless but stayed<\/p>\n calm. I tried to salvage the laptop, but it was ruined.<\/p>\n As frustration boiled inside me, the captain made an announcement: All connecting flights were canceled due to severe weather. The man beside me<\/p>\n instantly panicked he had a big meeting to get to and started scrambling. While he freaked out, I connected to in-flight Wi-Fi and rebooked my trip<\/p>\n without a fuss. When he noticed, he leaned over and asked if he could use my phone.<\/p>\n I looked him straight in the eyes and replied,\u00a0\u201cNo. Why don\u2019t you go cry about it?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0He was stunned, left fumbling while I calmly gathered my things<\/p>\n . My laptop was destroyed, but I still felt at peace. I was on my way to someone who truly mattered and karma had done the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was on a flight to visit my grandmother, who had been in and out of the hospital. She raised me, encouraged me to pursue graphic design,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n