The iconic case and point is Aladdin and his magic carpet. You get the special carpet; you get the kingdom.
Centuries of royalty have gotten the comfy rug, while their subjects get the hard, cold, dirt/stone/floor.
Rugs have been made for prayer. [Nothing says, "My religion is better than yours" like a fancy rug!]
Rugs have depicted legend and immortalized great (and not-so-great) heroes.
Follow this trend to modern times, to the Oscars' "Red Carpet." They MUST not be sullied by walking on unsacred ground!
Okay, I get it. Those rare few, those all-hallowed, sacred few, deserve the best Mohawk stain-resistant we have. What I WILL NOT ACCEPT is the use of rugs for Frequent Flyer members on the airlines.
As a member of the FF programs on airlines such as Continental, when you board, you get to walk on a special rug. ALL HAIL, YOU!!! You got 1872 miles for this segment AND to walk on a glorified bath mat!
Once, just to see what would happen, I started to board using the status-conferring rug of the sacred flyer. "NO! NO!" Said the boarding agent, "You are not elite! You must walk on the stained carpet!" I tapped the rug with my foot behind me, just to irritate. She did not like that. I do not have the rug-stepping privilege.
Why do they get to decide if I am special? These other flyers were not born into royalty. They have no special accomplishments (other than the privilege of receiving 3 junk emails a day for signing up). So, I have decided to make my own "Special Person" rug. I shall not be judged or classified by the "man!" No, Sir!!!
My rug will have golden fringe (classy!). My rug will say only "SUPER SPECIAL" and I will lay it down, whenever I board a plane, or whenever I see fit. I will prance on it to my destination and, quickly, remove it so that no others may use it. Or, perhaps, I will let all my down-trodden brothers and sisters join me on my rug! What will happen to the almighty rug if we ALL can trounce on it on our own journeys?
