As a longstanding, if not highstanding entrepreneur, I’m always looking for a way to make a nut. Northwest Airlines has embraced me and my philosophy.

Cell phones are a great way to turn idle time into business time, even if you don’t crash your car. What about the unending time spent on airplanes? No more must you resign yourself to crossword puzzles, inaudible showings of Miss Congeniality and awkward conversation with strangers. Now you too can earn your way to a high protein, high oil diet while flying to O’Hare or JFK.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the mind-numbing time spent on flights as much as anyone, but there’s only so much Sky Mall magazine I can stomach. If you’ve always wanted more from your transit time, here’s your chance to go nuts, quite literally.

What’s this new program? Hold on to your Huggies, you serve passengers along your own row by “please pass[ing] this down.” For this service the airline will pay you with a sealed baggie containing not one or two, but as many as three nuts. Seriously, actual nuts. Isn’t that great?

While some may view this as laziness, a cost-cutting measure, or just common courtesy, I see it as a chance to supplement any vocation without having to take the risk of unfastening your safety belt.

“Was it you that ordered the coke?

(Article appears courtesy of www.PerplexingTimes.com)