Stupid things people do at the airport

I am over 60. I will no longer stand for poor services and bad value for money. I have had enough. I used to forgive, no longer. The country has gone to the dogs as far I am concerned. I have just flown back from Europe using British Airways. Never again. Together with the British Airport Authority they have jointly conspired to make my journey a misery. From long queues at Heathrow terminal 4, from monopolies and over priced duty-free shops all owned by BAA. From lack of a decent wholsome meal on the plane. From general lack of care and couldn't give a damn attitude. It's not my problem they always say. My custom will disappear I say. I just warn the young people today: if they let the world take advantage of them, they will be taken advantage of.

Unbelievable. The stupidest things that are done at airports are by those who run them. Today I had to pick someone up at Heathrow Terminal 4. Never again. Terminal 4 simply has not got the capacity to handle the traffic put through it.

I learned a lot.

a) All the Duty Free stores in BAA Airports are owned by BAA. They have a complete monopoly. This is sick. This is the government giving away nice little earners. Don't shop there. It's stupid

b) The term Duty Free is meaningless. You must be stupid to be taken in by this still.

c) Why does it cost £5-10p an hour to park your car at Heathrow Terminal 4? Don't bring your car to the airport. It's stupid.

d) Don't change you money at the airport into or from Euros. You ,must be stupid if you do.

Please, would those fools whom cause lengthy queues at airports, kindly whilst waiting in line do the following: remove your belt, shoes, coins, phones, and all metal and electronic objects prior to the line of the X Ray machine! or at least be prepared. I have counted numerous times, passengers waiting til the last minute and holding up the line, and they always tend to be the ones with a smile on thier face. Also I suggest airlines limit the size of carry on items to fit a third of a size of the overhead bin. The aircraft should also have slots/individual compartments allocated within the overhead bin for each passenger by thier seat number. This will ensure that sefish travellers do not take up all the the space and speed up the X-Ray areas.

Oh good perfect... This stinks I have recently just purchased a new VAIO Laptop ($2100) and now at the terminal security port/airport security port area they are trying to help the flow of travelers by going at their best speed for checking... However I'm just scared that in their haste they may damage my laptop (dropping it or throwing it...) or other electronic device I pocess (iPod, cell phone, pda) grr... I'm not sure I want to bring my laptop anymore in fear that it may get damaged. Don't forget these lines though, "Sir please remove your shoes and place all personal items in the basket and your bag on the x-ray belt and then walk through the scanner...."

Who wants to fly these days. Being sealed in a tube with a load of common council house plebs, with their bad clothes and free-flight-with-every-six-tokens-cut-out-from-The-Sun and horrid kids, to fly to a destination which is just a version of their own council estates, only in the sunshine.

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. My kids were brought up with respect for others, not forced on others. . .
Toy Boy 12/8/2005 7:45:30 PM

I find that hard to believe, the very fact you have spawned makes me feel rather sick

Toy boy, haha. . . my sentiments exactly! Try ordering a glass of water and throw it over both of them. Harmless, but hopefully it will get through to these selfish women that a lot of people don't want to have to see these unpleasant 'animal' things going on in front of them. There is nothing wrong with formula milk. Especially in public places etc.
Respectful person 11/6/2005 8:27:14 PM


Maybe if you had been breastfed you wouldnt be so analy retentive.

But you forgot to mention the most Stupidest Thing they all do. Get up from the seat, open the overhead bin to pick up their stuff and rush for the exit even as the aircraft is reversing thrust down the Runway after just touching down. Such people should be denied Air Travel permanently.

Oh lord... 50 year old plus men reading a broadsheet and elbowing you in the ribs everytime they turn the page... Vienna last week, I had this there and back... then one guy practically humping me in his desperation to get out of his seat to get his bag out of the overhead locker despite the fact the people already standing were nose to ear and there was no room for him to join the post disembark aisle squash. Or maybe he was just a pervert?! And then the guy at passport control who pushed past everyone to jump the queue - travel who needs it!

Frightened of . . . breast feeding! Ha, who could possibly be frightened of it? Don't tell me. . . the very people who do it in front of others, knowing it is an unpleasant 'animal' thing, which even the most 'maternal' mother in the world would not 'perform' this 'function' in front of anyone else. Yes, you are quite correct, it is 'natural' But I wonder how you would feel about a person taking their clothes' down and squating on the floor in the gangway of the 'plane' and going to the toilet. Most unpleasant. Ugh . . . It is not necessary for a young baby to be on public transport anyway. A bottle would do in the most rare circumstances. Perhaps we should provide a 'pen' for them, so they could all 'do it' together, and have a 'feed in party' yuk. . . My kids were brought up with respect for others, not forced on others. . .

And why can't women TIT feed their babies in public. It's what nature intended before them silly bottles where invented.

There's nothing more healthier for babies than natural MOTHER MILK.