I'm in the States at the moment (instead of my usual London base). I did grow up here, but now that I've lived away for quite a long time, when I come back I usually find at least one thing that reminds me that it's a unique place.
Last time it was a big ad for an exorcism service (they also dealt with curses and voodoo spells).
This time it's the ad for PlaneSheets, which explains: "These colorful seat covers come in either First Class/Business or Coach sizes and easily slide over your seat...you can further individualize your flight by choosing from a host of materials--from toile to chenille to denim--and colors. They even offer kicky patterns like good-n-plenty, leopard, and black toile."
Apparently some Americans are worried not only about terrorist attacks, but the possibility that their seat might be laden with germs (presumably they never use the toilet on the plane). I fly a lot and the seats have been the least of my worries. An oxygen tank, germ mask, ear plugs, and traniquilizing dart gun for the talkative person in the next seat would be much more useful than a leopard pattern PlaneSheet.
I know this post doesn't have anything to do with writing, but writers have to be alert to the weirdness around us, so I thought I'd pass this along.
