You arrive at the airport three hours early, then just about scrape through security in time to get your flight and plonk yourself down in seat 27B.
Now that the hard part is over, you can pop your headphones in and fall asleep.
Except now it’s time to sit through the safety instruction demonstration you’ve seen a hundred times before from a hungover cabin crew.
But the world’s a stage, and sometimes you see the performance of a lifetime when you least expect it.