Not really a bareing of the soul, more a reminder to be careful what you say in front of passengers.
Two of us took a club 172 from Barton to Mona (on Anglesey) with a guy from work as a passenger. My mate flew there, we had a coffee and a gawp at a wrecked Hawk in the hangar (it had suffered a birdstrike during a circuit take-off in the week, both pilots banged out OK). I was to fly the return leg. We taxied out, lined up, and amid some quite heavy showers, and took off. As soon as the Cessna rotated into the climb, I realised that my mate (being taller than me) had wound the seat down and now I couldn't see over the instrument panel (I'm sure Mr Cessna never intended anyone to look at the view from one of his aeroplanes - in common with Mr Piper). I maintained attitude on the AH while groping under the seat for the handle to raise the seat. I wound it frantically but nothing appeared to be happening so I turned to my mate and said "it won't go up!". It was then that I noticed the horrified face of our passenger. Trapped, he thought, in a 'plane that 'won't go up' and about to meet his doom!
I handed over to my mate while I sorted out both the seat and our terrified passenger.
SSD