Traveling Companions

My field site was a little different this time but was probably one of my favorites to encounter with and see all the people this place had to offer. My field site was a very popular place to be for everyone to go and relax and have some food before they had to sit on a plane for over an hour. I actually had no choice but to encounter with people around me instead of just observing them because of the fact that I was alone, they sat me at the bar of my field site. Immediately I was asked what I wanted to drink and was given a weird look by the bartender when I said Dr. Pepper. The bartender seemed like he had been having a busy day but still kept a smile on his face while doing his job because what is better than seeing people slowly get drunk at your bar? He started to make jokes at the fact that I was the only underage person sitting at this bar and other people sipping on their drinks started to join in on the laughter. There was a guy that sat down across from me who started to join in on the conversation thinking he was the youngest out of everybody only to come to realize that he was 7 years older than me. He did not look that much older and he actually looked like the famous country singer, Thomas Rhett, but he was very surprised that he was not the youngest one there.
What caused for the end of my field site day to be very interesting was this 29 year old guy that sat right next to me. As soon as he sat down I could tell he has already been here before because the girl close to me was asking why he was back and the bartender said what he wanted this time. I was a little confused and curious so I listened in on their conversation which caused this guy to notice and then he started his whole story over again to me. He ended up missing his flight back to Charlotte, which is where I was going, because the aircraft ended up over booking the flight so they referred him to a later flight. Well when he was talking to me I thought him and I ended up on the same flight and that the plane was boarding at 2:40pm. If it wasn't for that 29 year old, fishing loving, veteran to ask me where I was sitting I wouldn't have looked at my ticket and I would have missed my flight. My plane started boarding at 2:10pm and I didn't get to my gate until 2:30pm, 10 minutes before the plane was scheduled to take off. Traveling is always one of my favorite things because that is where I get to meet some of the best people the world has to offer.