To The Mannerless Born And Raised
Jason Stone has a few tips for the boors in baggage claim. My favorite excerpts:
...If there is barely enough space between me and the person standing in front of me at the belt, please do not wedge yourself in between us. I really have no desire to see the 6 cm hair growing out of your ear or the moles on the back of your neck....While I find the site of all of the manly men hovering around the “opening” where the luggage first appears pretty funny, because it reminds me of bears when they are just sitting in the stream waiting for the salmon, I, also, find it really inefficient. Please spread yourselves out a little. The two minutes you are going to save by being the “first” to get the luggage will really not get you home any faster than me, because we all still have to wait for the bus/train/taxi next.
My personal pet peeve: People whose "carry-ons" could comfortably accomodate a dead body; maybe two; leaving zero room in the overhead bin for your handbag -- or even your change purse.
My pet peeve is having to wait for everyone seated ahead of me in the plane to assemble their mountains of "carry-ons" before they exit the plane. Post 9/11, I check everything but a book and a ziploc bag for keys, change, and belt buckle, and usually more than make up the waiting for luggage time by breezing through security. Since this is all about me, though, I'd like the airlines to let me off first, instead of making me wait to get thwacked in the head by a 75 lb. "overnighter".
Alan at November 29, 2004 6:51 PM