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<\/a>Hell on earth<\/p><\/div>\n
What is it about airports which\u00a0renders a large percentage of the British public deaf, dumb, and blind?<\/p>\n
Over the past few months I’ve developed many pet airport hates, none of which are theraputic for my hypertension. I have several questions will\u00a0serve to indicate\u00a0my key gripes;<\/p>\n
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- Why do large families in transit have to occupy the entire width of a corridor and then walk at a snails pace?<\/li>\n
- Is the concept of putting your ‘liquids’ in a see-through bag really that complicated?<\/li>\n
- On what planet are you to think that a\u00a0‘metal detector’ allows you to pass through security without removing your watch, belt, or steel toe-capped boots?<\/li>\n
- Why start to queue at a departure gate half an hour before the boarding announcement? Do people ‘like’ queueing?<\/li>\n
- How many times do you have to sit\u00a0in the\u00a0emergency exit\u00a0row\u00a0before you realise that you can’t put your bag under the seat in front of you?<\/li>\n
- Which bit of ‘tear off the bottom of your printed boarding card’<\/em> and ‘have your passports open at the photograph page’<\/em>\u00a0suggests that\u00a0people to leave their documents in their pocket, or at the bottom of their handbag?<\/li>\n
- Is it\u00a0forbidden to use a tissue or handkerchief when sneezing on an airplane, or is it obligatory to spend the whole journey sniffing?<\/li>\n
- Would it kill\u00a0people to leave\u00a0their mobile phones switched off until the aircraft doors are opened?<\/li>\n
- Why do people need such humongous suitcases, which are invariably pink? Are they emigrating?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
These things serve to cost me\u00a0hours of my life which I am never going to get back.<\/p>\n
In the interests of the sanity of those of us who ‘get’ airplane travel, I think that there needs to be an IQ test before people are allowed to book flights,\u00a0or step foot on the grounds of an airport.<\/p>\n
The next time you are in an airport and you see someone with\u00a0steam coming out of their ears, red-faced, and tapping the floor with their foot, while issuing expletives under their breath, it’s probably me about to board a business flight! I am beginning to understand why people develop flying phobias, it’s not the planes, it’s the time you have to\u00a0lose due to others incompetence while\u00a0in the\u00a0airports.<\/p>\n
All this said, I rarely feel the stress and strains of air travel when heading to and from Galicia. On those occasions I am chilled, looking forward to the journey and anticipating\u00a0our arrival.\u00a0The incompetence of others can be\u00a0eradicated with a shrug of the shoulders and a shake of the head. Perhaps it’s the calming influence of Galicia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I’m flying again on Thursday, to Dublin\u00a0– what joy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been spending a lot of time in airports recently, and I fear that it is starting to drive me mad. In these times of global economic meltdown we’ve been forced to seek work overseas. It has fallen to me … Continue reading
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