Traveling pet peeves . . hopefully good for a smile

Another week.  Another snowstorm.  More headaches.  Can we catch a break here people??  Bet you all need a light hearted read this week.  Thanks to several of your ideas, here’s my effort for the week to give you a few minutes of laugh. 

We all travel weekly.  We all trudge through the crowded airports with our bags and wait in line and sit through delays and wait in more lines and eat on the run and spend countless nights in hotels across the US.  There are those things we love . . . and those things that get on our last dang nerve.  Traveling pet peeves . . .  you know you have them.  Those things or people or situations which annoy the you-know-what out of you until you realize it’s only the frequent travelers that this irritates. 

Let’s have a good laugh together then have a great rest of the week.

Diamonds in the rough amongst rude business travelers

Diamonds in the rough amongst rude business travelers

Has anyone else noticed how rude travelers are nowadays?  I feel as if I encounter so many people each week who can barely crack a smile, please, or thank you.  I have always felt that it is important to be polite to airport and airline employees . . . a little please and thank you each time goes a long way. 

With the terrible weather 2014 has brought, I have witnessed this group of people taking a beating from upset travelers when many things are not their fault (the gate agent in MKE has no bearing on the fact EWR just delayed us because they have a winter storm warning and blizzard there).  

I have seen travelers board a plane, get in line, purchase some food . . . without any sort of acknowledgement to anyone around them.