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.
·
Travelers who have to store their carry-on 5 rows behind their
seat . . . yet try to fight the flow of traffic to get back and get it the
minute the seatbelt sign goes off after landing
·
When everyone is standing all the way across the “moving walkway”
so you can’t get by . . . no matter how much of a hurry you are in
·
When you can’t remember where you parked in the airport parking
garage. And it’s 10:30pm. And 10 degrees outside.
·
People who sit on the aisle seat on long haul flights . . . and immediately
put on their headphones and eye mask and then zonk out so no one can get out
without disturbing their sleep
·
Seat mates who eat beef jerky.
Or tuna fish. Or soup. Or anything with garlic, curry, or soy
sauce. Or basically anything which is
stinky.
·
Landing at your destination 25 minutes early. SCORE!
To then sit on the tarmac for the next 20 while you wait for an open
gate. Nevermind!
·
Fellow fliers who completely ignore flight attendant requests. Aka time to get off your phone or turn your
electronic device off
·
Travelers walking in front of you who are cruising full speed down
the terminal and just dead stop. Bonus
points if you get the dirty look when you then bump into them.
·
EWR. ‘Nuff said.
·
Travelers who become irate with the gate agent when a flight is
delayed because of the blizzard or tornado you can see currently occurring
outside
·
Those elite status travelers who pull the “don’t you know who I
am” or “I’m a X status member” card
·
Traveling to work meetings in Orlando or Vegas. With your plane full of travel companions who
are ALL going on vacation. Bonus points
if they are wearing shorts in January and it was below 30 degrees in your
departure city
·
When the person in front of you cranks back their seat just when
you have opened up your laptop. Bonus
points if you are on an express jet.
Double bonus points if you are pregnant on an express jet
·
Hotel neighbors who have teleconferences at ungoshly early hours
with who can only be with someone in a European time zone
·
Speaking of ungoshly early hours, fellow chatty travelers on 6am
flights. No one wants to talk that early
·
Priority/Global service/Elite/Premier members who make sure they
are the first in line 30 minutes before boarding. To make sure they are the first on the
plane. Even though there are usually
<5-10 people who board with them.
·
People who have no clue there is a 3oz or less rule. And who get really upset when the TSA agent
tells them they can’t take their 12oz bottle of hair product through security
·
Those dirty looks you get when going through the TSA Pre✓™ or priority TSA line
·
Fellow fliers who choose to sit right next to you on a flight
which is empty enough they could have their own row . . .
Any
ones we missed?? Throw ‘em out there!
Safe
travels and have a great week!
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