Planes, trains, and automobiles.
I'm doing my lunchtime reading. The NYTimes was kind enough to have someone write an article about how travelers at the airports are handling our new, hastily-added luggage restrictions. (Article here)
A few things came to mind while reading it--
1) I was expecting it to be filled with lots of grousing from travelers, but apparently most people are taking it all in stride. I'm not sure if I quite believe that everything is oh-so-peachy, but it would be nice if everyone is being reasonable about it all. One amusing quote:
At Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Kristin Reinke, of Champlin, Minn., complained to her husband, Mike Reinke, ''I just threw out $34 worth of hand lotion.''
Really? $34 dollars...for hand lotion? That's either a whole lot of hand lotion, or a very small amount of very nice hand lotion. Who spends $34 on hand lotion?? (Kristin Reinke, obviously.)
2) I hope they don't extend the "no iPod" rule they have across the ocean to our flights. That's no good. And no magazines? Why no magazines and books? That one confuses me. On the bright side, if you were on a flight from the UK to here, when you arrived at the gate, you wouldn't have to worry about everyone taking for-freaking-ever to get carry-on luggage down from the overhead bins (and we'd also not have to worry about anything shifting up there during the flight--do they just take that part out of the safety speech?).
3) I'm still amazed that there aren't more stories about 35 year-old asshole-ish dudes and irate ladies in their 50s freaking out about their carry-on luggage. I specified those two...archetypes? because every time I fly it seems like I have to listen to some 35yo asshole dude complaining about something, or a 50 yo lady with lots of make-up freaking out about something else. I guess saying "We're doing this so you don't get blown up over the Atlantic Ocean" does well to shut people up.
Unrelated:
I like Egg Salad Sandiwiches very much. Five Points Deli makes a very good one.
A few things came to mind while reading it--
1) I was expecting it to be filled with lots of grousing from travelers, but apparently most people are taking it all in stride. I'm not sure if I quite believe that everything is oh-so-peachy, but it would be nice if everyone is being reasonable about it all. One amusing quote:
At Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Kristin Reinke, of Champlin, Minn., complained to her husband, Mike Reinke, ''I just threw out $34 worth of hand lotion.''
Really? $34 dollars...for hand lotion? That's either a whole lot of hand lotion, or a very small amount of very nice hand lotion. Who spends $34 on hand lotion?? (Kristin Reinke, obviously.)
2) I hope they don't extend the "no iPod" rule they have across the ocean to our flights. That's no good. And no magazines? Why no magazines and books? That one confuses me. On the bright side, if you were on a flight from the UK to here, when you arrived at the gate, you wouldn't have to worry about everyone taking for-freaking-ever to get carry-on luggage down from the overhead bins (and we'd also not have to worry about anything shifting up there during the flight--do they just take that part out of the safety speech?).
3) I'm still amazed that there aren't more stories about 35 year-old asshole-ish dudes and irate ladies in their 50s freaking out about their carry-on luggage. I specified those two...archetypes? because every time I fly it seems like I have to listen to some 35yo asshole dude complaining about something, or a 50 yo lady with lots of make-up freaking out about something else. I guess saying "We're doing this so you don't get blown up over the Atlantic Ocean" does well to shut people up.
Unrelated:
I like Egg Salad Sandiwiches very much. Five Points Deli makes a very good one.