It’s really early and I’ve not been to bed (trying to get my body clock in sync) so I’m a little bit irritable. It seems that airports really exaggerate some kinds of behaviour. Here are some thoughts.
- Any large group of people travelling together invariably includes young children, the elderly or possibly both. Avoid these people. They should be made to have a special check in lane away from the rest of us. Such people always seem to have a family crisis at the point of check-in and decide to repack their luggage.
- People from obscure countries should also be avoided. These blighters can be hard to identify but do try to get a glimpse of their passport. If their passport is a piece of paper then all the worse. The man at the desk then has to go into the magical area behind the desks for a few minutes.
- (Related to the previous item) Any problems occurring in front of you in any airport queue are fair game for comment. Distain for the offender should be shown, not with words, but noises, shrugs and subtle eye movements.
- It’s the law that you must be wearing the clothes at the airport that you’ll be wearing on your holiday. Going hiking in the mountains? Wear full on mountain gear. Skiing? Wear salopettes and ski-jackets. In fact why not go the whole hog and wear the skis too?
That’s all for now, but rest assured that I’ll continue observing.
Oh - one last thing. Who buy’s luggage at the airport. A bit late for that surely?
