Blogging does make travel more fun. The stuff that irritates most people becomes a note to be posted when all is done.  Thus travel is far less annoying for bloggers than for other people.

So here we go - notes from my trip.

--SouthWest at PVD has the most awesome  waiting areas. Sitting in the geek section  with all the guys who have toys to plug in.
 
--A woman with 2 kids insisting they do school work in the airport lounge. In a startling turn of events the kids could care less. 
 
--Wow that blackberry screen is so cracked don't know how he sees anything. 
 
--Airplane seat backs suck. Why don't they have an adjustable neck support built in?  No matter how tall or short the person the headrest is always in exactly the wrong place.
 
--A child with plastic army men... Having a battle on his tray table making shooting noises. I love it. The first time I've seen a kid playing that in ages. Nice change from all the electronics.
 
--How delightful. A mother with a  3 yr old is letting her  run down the moving walkway, over and over, to burn off energy. What could possibly go wrong? If the kid gets hurt I'll testify on behalf of the airport.

--Am seriously considering a Hello Kitty suitcase to make mine easier to spot on the luggage carousel.

--Woman in line at security who never heard of the rules about liquids. No, you can not take a full sized bottle of lotion on the plane with you.  Really you can't. (this is why I like to arrive at the airport early - not only for the amusement factor).

--There are always always always 2 types of people on every plane. Those who must get something out of the overhead bin just when they announce the doors are closed and we'll be pushing back.  The other type with the electronic devices that they refuse to turn off until the flight attendant tells them 5 times.

--If you make disgusted noises because the flight attendants insist that "yes you MUST turn that off until we hit 10,000ft" I will back the flight attendants when they deck you.  Yes it's a stupid rule, but it's not our say. You want it changed - get a job in DC and change it!

--Sign at Midway says "Baggage Claim this way. Hope you're wearing comfortable shoes".

Travel fashion advice:

--Unless you are toothpick thin. Never ever wear horizontal stripes. Just saying...
 
--Have said it before will say it again.  If  you ever catch me wearing white  tennis shoes to travel... Please just shoot me!!! 

--A guy with so much metal pierced into his face he must have set off every alarm going through security. Are all the piercings worth the body cavity search?

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That's all I've got for this trip. It was rather tame overall.  Maybe next time I'll see more and better passenger faux pas and other oddities.

Posted by: Teresa in FUN at 03:13 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 Every time I read your travel reports, I find myself thinking, "I noticed all those same things. Why didn't I write them down?"

Glad you did.

Posted by: Rev. Paul at March 02, 2012 12:58 PM (0DZhf)

2 LOL Paul - either get a notebook and pen to keep with you.  Or if you have a smartphone - even better is Evernote since you could write it in on your phone then pull the notes directly to a blog post on your regular computer when you get back

Posted by: Teresa at March 02, 2012 01:32 PM (qZOzE)

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