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What I find kind of disturbing is that he was on the conveyor belt for almost five full minutes. It looks like they pushed the emergency shut off button. But it was too late he was already in another part of the system. You would think they would have a master button to shut the entire system down. Not being able to shut the entire system down quickly could be a serious security issue.
This episode is the direct result of the free range "parenting" style we're increasingly seeing these days. Personally, I can't stand either the stupid parents OR the stupid kids.
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This episode is the direct result of the free range "parenting" style we're increasingly seeing these days. Personally, I can't stand either the stupid parents OR the stupid kids.
When I was a little older than that boy, my mother was at the airport with my sister and me, both preschoolers. I wandered away, and found one of those little velvet rope things that direct line up flow. I stuck my index finger in the brass hole that the brass hook on the velvet rope goes in.
My finger got stuck.
They had to find someone who could go get a handful of liquid soap out of the bathroom and lube my hand, and pull it out. The plane was delayed a few minutes.
I don't really think it's "kids these days" or "parents these days". It's kids. They do the darndest things.
Might not be a bad idea to include children in checked baggage. Would save the person seated in front of him from having their seatback kicked the whole flight.
When I was a little older than that boy, my mother was at the airport with my sister and me, both preschoolers. I wandered away, and found one of those little velvet rope things that direct line up flow. I stuck my index finger in the brass hole that the brass hook on the velvet rope goes in.
My finger got stuck.
They had to find someone who could go get a handful of liquid soap out of the bathroom and lube my hand, and pull it out. The plane was delayed a few minutes.
I don't really think it's "kids these days" or "parents these days". It's kids. They do the darndest things.
Too true! And in a situation like an airport, with tons of stimulation, even the most mild-mannered kid can get out of hand.
Part of the issue is that the typical airport check-in desk was placed at a time when every single passenger (or one person from a small party flying together) had to present themselves there to exchange paper ticket for boarding pass. These days with online check-in and kiosk check-in and fewer passengers checking a bag because of bag fees, there are a lot fewer gate agents covering the same amount of counter real estate the airline negotiated as part of their 2003 contract with the airport. It's common to only see 20-50% of the check-in spaces in use for airline employees in many airports during normal times of the year. So you get gaps at the luggage scales at empty counters and gate agents who are so dug into trying to help a passenger who needs something the kiosk can't provide, say a winter booking to Maine that reroutes a passenger around a scheduled connection in Boston that is now impacted by a blizzard, that they don't necessarily look to the side and monitor other vacant counters because they don't expect anyone to step into their counter space areas.
In the world we live in it's possible to get a minor injury. So what? why is it so important to find someone to blame and make such a big deal out of it? For crying out loud things heal, you don't need to lawyer up every time you cut yourself. If I had to blame somebody or find a lawyer every time I sprained an ankle or hurt my hand I would have never had time to live my life or have a career.
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In the world we live in it's possible to get a minor injury. So what? why is it so important to find someone to blame and make such a big deal out of it? For crying out loud things heal, you don't need to lawyer up every time you cut yourself. If I had to blame somebody or find a lawyer every time I sprained an ankle or hurt my hand I would have never had time to live my life or have a career.
AMEN. THANK YOU.
All's well that ends well. This fearless toddler got on that luggage belt, and came off with only a broken hand.
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