Counting the Throughs

Yesterday, I flew to Vegas, Laura flew to Phoenix, and it happened to be the same flight. I was in no hurry and we were finishing our conversation so when people started deboarding I didn't get up. Whenever a flight makes a stop before it's final destination the airline counts the through passengers and as they began "counting the throughs" I wondered what would happen when the number didn't add up, we kept talking. The flight attendant counted the throughs and there were 12 not 11 so she announced that nobody could get up until she counted again. At this point, I stood up and said "Oh, I am getting off". The flight attendant looked annoyed. Laura confirmed later that she was, her response to Laura's "We were conducting a social experiment" was "It's not very funny you should see the things people try to get away with"

Morale of this story: Southwest will catch you if you book a flight to Las Vegas and your destination is Boston in otherwords Cheaters never prosper