air travel
i had a whirlwind trip this weekend. i'm not complaining, because i was able to go to wisconsin and spend Christmas with my family, but it was taxing to say the least. it was, however, less exhausting then it would have been had i tried to drive all 800 miles in one day. God bless air planes! i am truly fascinated by airplanes and how they actually get off the ground and stay off the ground and just how amazing it is that you can travel across the country in just a few hours. it really is an unbelievable idea to me, but with the positives that exist within the whole realm of air travel there are also some huge negatives: thus the impetus for the following blog...
1. why is it that people feel the need to yell and scream at the airline workers, who ultimately have nothing to do with delayed flights or missed connections? i get frustrated just like anybody else when my flight is delayed three hours or when i sprint from one end of the airport to the other only to arrive just as the plane is pulling away from the jet bridge, but i've never taken out that frustration on the innocent woman behind the counter whose sole responsibility is to announce the beginning of the boarding process and scan my little boarding pass. why do some people think that will help the situation? this baffles me!
2. why do some people wait until they get on an enclosed airplane to pass gas? there's a bathroom at the back of the plane, small as it may be, that was designed for such things. why then do some people then think it won't bother anyone else on the small plane to smell their body odors? this disgusts me.
3. why are there those people who, as soon as the plane lands and rolls to the terminal, they jump out of their seat and stand in the aisle for 10 minutes thinking that they will be able to get off the plane sooner? it's not like they can get off the plane until they open the door and it's not like you won't have to wait for your luggage to roll down the conveyor at baggage claim just like everybody else, right? so what's the hurry? this makes no sense to me!
there you have it. ramblings from a holiday traveler. take it or leave it1
1. why is it that people feel the need to yell and scream at the airline workers, who ultimately have nothing to do with delayed flights or missed connections? i get frustrated just like anybody else when my flight is delayed three hours or when i sprint from one end of the airport to the other only to arrive just as the plane is pulling away from the jet bridge, but i've never taken out that frustration on the innocent woman behind the counter whose sole responsibility is to announce the beginning of the boarding process and scan my little boarding pass. why do some people think that will help the situation? this baffles me!
2. why do some people wait until they get on an enclosed airplane to pass gas? there's a bathroom at the back of the plane, small as it may be, that was designed for such things. why then do some people then think it won't bother anyone else on the small plane to smell their body odors? this disgusts me.
3. why are there those people who, as soon as the plane lands and rolls to the terminal, they jump out of their seat and stand in the aisle for 10 minutes thinking that they will be able to get off the plane sooner? it's not like they can get off the plane until they open the door and it's not like you won't have to wait for your luggage to roll down the conveyor at baggage claim just like everybody else, right? so what's the hurry? this makes no sense to me!
there you have it. ramblings from a holiday traveler. take it or leave it1
posted by bekadean at 7:27 PM
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