MR. OBNOXIOUS $ BIGMOUTH
Mr. Obnoxious $ Bigmouth it a totally insensitive boor who believes that HIS money (which is, undoubtedly, more and better than yours) is the answer to all problems. He throws his weight around and tells you and everyone who will listen how prominent and wealthy he is at home. He cares not at all that the people on whose island he is a guest live a much simpler and more modest lifestyle and are either unimpressed with, or offended by, his overt displays of wealth. Mr. Obnoxious $ Bigmouth is typically accompanied by the female of the species, who wears her entire cache of diamonds at all times, giving her a handy excuse to avoid handling sheets or galley clean-up.
We had on our trip a couple I hadn't met, but were friends of friends. My friends neglected to tell me that their Mr. Obnoxious $ Bigmouth could offend a brick. I knew we were in trouble when we went through immigration at Sopers (Tortola) and his wife's birth certificate didn't have a raised seal. He announced that he was "the owner of a chain of wallpaper stores, drove a Mercedes, and they were damn lucky he was there to spend big bucks." It went downhill from there. He's the only person I've ever known to be asked to leave Bomba's. [Note: Curious, that this bigshot's wife didn't have a passport. Ed.]
I am thankful that this person was NOT part of my crew, but her behavior made me hope that the airport employees in Antigua didn't think all Americans were this rotten. As is typical in many island airports, we were lined up inside and outside of the terminal, waiting to check in with our airline. The line was long and disorganized, moving slowly if at all, and hot (no AC). Above the din, you could hear a twangy whine (which belonged to a skinny woman with a Farrah Fawcett hairdo (this was in the 1990s), super-tight and super-short acid-washed denim shorts, and a skimpy tank top with no bra) complaining loudly that she didn't feel well and demanding that she be moved up to the front of the line: after all, she was a first class passenger! Uh, sorry sweetie, American Eagle doesn't have first class! (Perhaps Greyhound does...)
