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People that constantly make comments and expect you to reply to them because they need "human contact". Just because I have to sit next to you for six hours on this plane doesn't mean I want to learn your life story. Shut the hell up and let me read my books in peace
Thankfully it's rare, but I'm not interested in talking to seatmates either. They are usually looking for an audience, not a conversation.
One forgivable exception - I once had a woman sitting next to me who asked me to talk to her during takeoff so she would not get sick. I'm terrible at small talk, so I asked her about the book she was reading. So we had a short chat and then went back to our respective comfortable silence. She was appreciative.
The main thing I find annoying is people that don't know how the TSA pre-check line works. I'm guessing they don't travel frequently, and they've paid an extra fee with their ticket to get into the Pre-check line for their one flight in a year. I don't understand why they wouldn't figure out how to use prior to getting to the airport. They block the line taking off shoes and belts and removing liquids from their bags and on and on.
The main thing I find annoying is people that don't know how the TSA pre-check line works. I'm guessing they don't travel frequently, and they've paid an extra fee with their ticket to get into the Pre-check line for their one flight in a year. I don't understand why they wouldn't figure out how to use prior to getting to the airport. They block the line taking off shoes and belts and removing liquids from their bags and on and on.
Heck, I feel this way about a lot of people who are in the regular (non pre-check line). Tons of metal jewelry, shoes that need to be untied/re-tied, acting like deer in headlights putting their stuff in the bins etc to be scanned, waiting until they are practically at the scanner before starting preparations, moving slow as molasses, then trying multiple times to figure out what part of their apparel is setting off the scanner. Have they been living in a cave for the past decade? How can you not have some familiarity with the process by now?
Heck, I feel this way about a lot of people who are in the regular (non pre-check line). Tons of metal jewelry, shoes that need to be untied/re-tied, acting like deer in headlights putting their stuff in the bins etc to be scanned, waiting until they are practically at the scanner before starting preparations, moving slow as molasses, then trying multiple times to figure out what part of their apparel is setting off the scanner. Have they been living in a cave for the past decade? How can you not have some familiarity with the process by now?
Why don't we blame the proper individuals, rather than the victims of the process? We're so used to these inefficient, overly invasive security measures people like yourself act like it's the passengers' fault the process is slow. It's not. The fact is, the US security check-in process is bloated, inefficient, and not that effective. No country on earth has as inefficient a system as ourselves. And before anyone brings up 9/11 again and how necessary it is, in a country as advanced as our own, there is surely a better way of screening passengers than the pathetic system we have now. It's an embarrassment. And not everyone travels frequently. I don't, and I have to carefully consider what I need to do when I go through the line. Even then I'm clumsy and uncoordinated and I don't apologize that impatient people behind me can't stand to wait an extra 30 seconds while I get my bearings.
Heck, I feel this way about a lot of people who are in the regular (non pre-check line). Tons of metal jewelry, shoes that need to be untied/re-tied, acting like deer in headlights putting their stuff in the bins etc to be scanned, waiting until they are practically at the scanner before starting preparations, moving slow as molasses, then trying multiple times to figure out what part of their apparel is setting off the scanner. Have they been living in a cave for the past decade? How can you not have some familiarity with the process by now?
Traveling is stressful, even on a good day. Warriors like you know all the terminals, all the airline perqs, preferred seats, etc., etc. Others are just trying to start a vacation, attend a funeral, visit a sick relative, and yeah they can't hold a candle to your competence in the TSA line. Making you and the TSA happy is important in the overall scheme of things...
LOL at "warrior". I travel a couple times a year at most, usually to different cities each time.
It's really not that hard to learn what you need to do to get through security without encountering a bunch of hassle. And yes, the process is absurd and ineffective, but it's not going away anytime soon. FWIW, since I clearly struck a nerve here, I'm referring mostly to the people who don't even seem to grasp that they're in an airport, not people that just happen not to move at the speed of light.
Why don't we blame the proper individuals, rather than the victims of the process? We're so used to these inefficient, overly invasive security measures people like yourself act like it's the passengers' fault the process is slow. It's not. The fact is, the US security check-in process is bloated, inefficient, and not that effective. No country on earth has as inefficient a system as ourselves. And before anyone brings up 9/11 again and how necessary it is, in a country as advanced as our own, there is surely a better way of screening passengers than the pathetic system we have now. It's an embarrassment. And not everyone travels frequently. I don't, and I have to carefully consider what I need to do when I go through the line. Even then I'm clumsy and uncoordinated and I don't apologize that impatient people behind me can't stand to wait an extra 30 seconds while I get my bearings.
I travel somewhat frequently overseas, and our security is pretty similar to everywhere else I've been, save for maybe the taking off of the shoes.
I travel somewhat frequently overseas, and our security is pretty similar to everywhere else I've been, save for maybe the taking off of the shoes.
Yep. It's pretty funny hearing people whining about security in USA when it's pretty much same crap different toilet everywhere else, or when they turn drama-queen level to 11 claiming they were violated or molested by the invasive procedures.
#1) Taxi drivers that cannot find the address we're headed to. This has literally happened to us 3 times in New Orleans, and we always stay just outside the French Quarter.
Airports, Period
Chatty people next to me in a plane
Unappreciated weather changes
Why don't we blame the proper individuals, rather than the victims of the process? We're so used to these inefficient, overly invasive security measures people like yourself act like it's the passengers' fault the process is slow. It's not. The fact is, the US security check-in process is bloated, inefficient, and not that effective. No country on earth has as inefficient a system as ourselves. And before anyone brings up 9/11 again and how necessary it is, in a country as advanced as our own, there is surely a better way of screening passengers than the pathetic system we have now. It's an embarrassment. And not everyone travels frequently. I don't, and I have to carefully consider what I need to do when I go through the line. Even then I'm clumsy and uncoordinated and I don't apologize that impatient people behind me can't stand to wait an extra 30 seconds while I get my bearings.
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Originally Posted by IonRedline08
I travel somewhat frequently overseas, and our security is pretty similar to everywhere else I've been, save for maybe the taking off of the shoes.
You may be right. The only international travel I've done in the past decade was several trips throughout Mexico. It was a dream. Empty pockets, put bag on conveyor belt, walk through the metal detector, done. Nevertheless, complex screening procedures are confusing to many and patience is a virtue throughout all aspects of the air travel process.
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