Desperation Is...

A male iPhone-owning U.S. teenager resorting to reading celebrity gossip magazines on a transatlantic flight after borrowing them from a middle-aged woman across the aisle.

(Prior to resorting to such "drastic action" he had attempted sleeping in many different positions by shifting and turning in every way possible, and nudging me in the process. I was happy when he finally quieted down to Britney Spears and Branjolina.)