Huckleberries: Tween gets no wine for his whine

The preteen boy in the WSU Cougar sweatshirt riding Alaska Airlines on Christmas Day didn’t ask the flight attendant for an “Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.” But he caught her off guard nonetheless. The flight attendant was tired but cheerful as she handled the refreshment detail. She was on the last of six runs on Christmas Day that had started in Walla Walla – the 2:10 flight from Spokane to Portland. Complimentary wine was one of the options for passengers on Alaska Airlines/Horizon flights that day. And that’s what the tweener wanted. The red wine offered by House Wine Winery of Walla Walla. After a brief pause, a soft chuckle, the flight attendant locked eyes with the under-aged supplicant and channeled the stern but good-hearted teacher, Miss Shields, from “A Christmas Story.” She responded: “Coke or Sprite?” Junior caved, settling for the Coke. His father rolled his eyes. And the nearby passengers enjoyed some unexpected Christmas merriment and a glass of good red wine/ DFO , Wednesday Huckleberries print. More here.