Ok so I just saw this article about influencers faking sponsorships and it reminded me of earlier this year, when I saw an influencer I knew at the airport. He was going on the latest of many sponsored trips - and on my flight! We made smalltalk and then parted ways.
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I take out my contacts before the flight because I always fall asleep on planes. My friend and I arrive at the terminal kind of late because we were eating, and are last in line onto the plane. I vaguely recognize the person in line in front of me as a friend of the influencer.
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The influencer then comes down the ramp behind us, now the very last to board. His friend leans across me and, not recognizing me with my glasses on, starts talking smack about me and how she can't believe I'm on the flight and hopes they aren't sitting near me.
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I turn around. We make eye contact. He sees it's me and knows I've heard. He goes pale and starts furiously texting his friend. She looks at her phone, at me, falls silent and starts texting him back.
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This trip sponsored by passive aggressive Whatsapp DMs
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