A Boeing 777 was lumbering along at just under 500 mph at 33,000 feet when a cocky F-16 fighter jet flashed by at Mach 2. The F-16 pilot decided to show off. On his state of the art radio that is part of his state of the art 3D & million dollar headset, the youngun told ...

... the 777 driver, “Hey, Captain, watch this.” He promptly went into a barrel roll followed by a steep, unimaginable vertical climb. He then finished with a sonic boom as he broke the sound barrier as the F-16 screamed down before leveling at almost sea level. ...

The F-16 pilot asked the 777 pilot what he thought of that? The 777 pilot said, “That was truly impressive, but watch this.” The 777 chugged along for about 5 minutes at a steady 498 mph and then the 777 pilot came back on the radio and said, “What did you think of that?” ...

Puzzled, the cocky F-16 kid asked, “What the heck did you do?”
The 777 pilot chuckled and said, “I stood up, stretched, used the toilet, then got a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll and secured a date for the next 3 nights in a five star hotel paid for by the company.” ...

LESSON:
When you’re young and foolish, speed and flash may seem like a good thing. When you’re older and smarter, comfort and dullness is not such a bad thing. It’s called SOS: Slower, Older
and Smarter.