On the plane yesterday I was in full “ignore everyone” mode, on my way home from a conference where I had been bombarded by people and noise nonstop for the whole workweek. Headphones in, eyes closed, the flight attendant had to yell at me to listen to the exit row procedure, and you had to poke my arm at one point to call my attention to . . . well, to something important, but I honestly don’t remember what.
