Fear and Loathing at Auckland Airport
Well, i'm home from Wellington.
Ech.
Notes to All:
1)Pacific Blue is a very punctual airline usually. It is not worth the $50 re-booking fee to think "oh, I can get there half an out before takeoff and be ok.."
2)Auckland traffic on Fridays is evil. Even at 2-3 o'clock. Leave more than an hour to get there if you plan to fly around the afternoon.
3)Internet check-in is awesome if you have no cargo luggage. Printer is essential for Internet check in.
4)The people at the Check in area with the metal detectors are ignorant about Corsets, and the necessity of steel bones/busk in their construction, or even what these all are. They will look at you with a look of exasperation and be completely stubborn if you try to educate them on this. Also expect a repeat when you finally get it off, and have to put it through on the tray to the X-ray machine, which also has a metal detector.
Do NOT panic, however. They will not notice your pointy-ended glass nail-file, or the sharp wooden end of the chopstick in your hair, as they are not metal, and therefore apparently cannot be used as a weapon, so if you cannot stop the urge to stab them for their idiocy, these will work ideally.
5) Even if you get through the metal detector, if the gates are closing, and you have not checked in, they will be completely unsympathetic to your cause. (See note 3)
6) Check-in attendants who do not understand why you wish to classify your backpack containing said aformentioned corset as cargo, rather than hand luggage, should be shot. Especially after you told them twice you understood you could do so, but did not wish to take the pack as hand luggage. Obviously, your explanation about Steel-boned corsets and metal detectors was completely ingnored. As she is behind a nice safe counter, and is therefore out of stabbing range, the nail file and/or chopstick will not work on her. Darn.
7)Saving money on plane ticket no longer entitles you to complementary in-flight goodies with Pacific Blue. Meanies.
~We Now return you to the Trip report~ *Tinkly bell music*
Went to see a Naturopath there at my mother's request about all the Badstuff™ that I had accumulated over the years, that were lying toxic and evil under the skin in the form of rage and other nasty emotions.. (Possibly picked up and added to by Airport protocols? hahahaha..! ) Was a bit nervous. He was nothing like I expected though. He worked almost entirely through resonance and intuition, and then explained to me how he was able to tell everything (the accuracy on how he picked out the major issues was scary) After that, because he's also trained as an osteopath, he put my neck back (apparently my C3 vertebra was out, and that's why I get spots in the places I do on my face) and cricked a whole bunch of other joints back too, and then I went downstairs and had my microcurrent therapy, which I figure works kind of like Homoeopathy, but on a Biokinesthetic level. They work out what the frequencies that your body is at currently are by looking at your outstanding emotions, then by gently massaging your neck wearing gloves that conduct a copy of said frequency, it cancels out the nasty one. (at least, that's my theory on it.) The current is so teeny, you can barely feel it. it's not really even at touch-strength. Sorta like a gentle tingle, you can barely tell it's there. I also got put onto a short course of Anti-oxidants, to help flush the yuck that was trapped in my body due to my joints being out, and a course of Multi-minerals, because New Zealand soil is naturally lacking in some of them, and we really sorta need them, and can't get them through food. So I'm really tired. Tired is good. Hopefully it'll get better with time from now on.
Saw cousins/et al. Spent Family Time with extended broodlings. Received 'Biological Clock Talk' from Drama Llama aunt, since mine is obviously "Abnormal and not working." *sigh* Drama Llama aunt should go back to her own lonely Drama Llama life complete with Relationship Issues™ and mind her own business.
This has been a general information summary. In depth explaination is available on request. thank you. And now, Sleep.
ZzZzZzzzz...
Ech.
Notes to All:
1)Pacific Blue is a very punctual airline usually. It is not worth the $50 re-booking fee to think "oh, I can get there half an out before takeoff and be ok.."
2)Auckland traffic on Fridays is evil. Even at 2-3 o'clock. Leave more than an hour to get there if you plan to fly around the afternoon.
3)Internet check-in is awesome if you have no cargo luggage. Printer is essential for Internet check in.
4)The people at the Check in area with the metal detectors are ignorant about Corsets, and the necessity of steel bones/busk in their construction, or even what these all are. They will look at you with a look of exasperation and be completely stubborn if you try to educate them on this. Also expect a repeat when you finally get it off, and have to put it through on the tray to the X-ray machine, which also has a metal detector.
Do NOT panic, however. They will not notice your pointy-ended glass nail-file, or the sharp wooden end of the chopstick in your hair, as they are not metal, and therefore apparently cannot be used as a weapon, so if you cannot stop the urge to stab them for their idiocy, these will work ideally.
5) Even if you get through the metal detector, if the gates are closing, and you have not checked in, they will be completely unsympathetic to your cause. (See note 3)
6) Check-in attendants who do not understand why you wish to classify your backpack containing said aformentioned corset as cargo, rather than hand luggage, should be shot. Especially after you told them twice you understood you could do so, but did not wish to take the pack as hand luggage. Obviously, your explanation about Steel-boned corsets and metal detectors was completely ingnored. As she is behind a nice safe counter, and is therefore out of stabbing range, the nail file and/or chopstick will not work on her. Darn.
7)Saving money on plane ticket no longer entitles you to complementary in-flight goodies with Pacific Blue. Meanies.
~We Now return you to the Trip report~ *Tinkly bell music*
Went to see a Naturopath there at my mother's request about all the Badstuff™ that I had accumulated over the years, that were lying toxic and evil under the skin in the form of rage and other nasty emotions.. (Possibly picked up and added to by Airport protocols? hahahaha..! ) Was a bit nervous. He was nothing like I expected though. He worked almost entirely through resonance and intuition, and then explained to me how he was able to tell everything (the accuracy on how he picked out the major issues was scary) After that, because he's also trained as an osteopath, he put my neck back (apparently my C3 vertebra was out, and that's why I get spots in the places I do on my face) and cricked a whole bunch of other joints back too, and then I went downstairs and had my microcurrent therapy, which I figure works kind of like Homoeopathy, but on a Biokinesthetic level. They work out what the frequencies that your body is at currently are by looking at your outstanding emotions, then by gently massaging your neck wearing gloves that conduct a copy of said frequency, it cancels out the nasty one. (at least, that's my theory on it.) The current is so teeny, you can barely feel it. it's not really even at touch-strength. Sorta like a gentle tingle, you can barely tell it's there. I also got put onto a short course of Anti-oxidants, to help flush the yuck that was trapped in my body due to my joints being out, and a course of Multi-minerals, because New Zealand soil is naturally lacking in some of them, and we really sorta need them, and can't get them through food. So I'm really tired. Tired is good. Hopefully it'll get better with time from now on.
Saw cousins/et al. Spent Family Time with extended broodlings. Received 'Biological Clock Talk' from Drama Llama aunt, since mine is obviously "Abnormal and not working." *sigh* Drama Llama aunt should go back to her own lonely Drama Llama life complete with Relationship Issues™ and mind her own business.
This has been a general information summary. In depth explaination is available on request. thank you. And now, Sleep.
ZzZzZzzzz...