Saturday, August 19, 2006

A Gripe of One's Own

Been traveling lately, putting my usual carry-on in the checked luggage, as required. Baggage claim? Clearly part of "Why I Don't Check Luggage." They should paint a yellow line about 5 feet back from the carousel. And you know those recordings they used to run: "the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only!"? They need one of those for the baggage claim area.

"Please stay behind the yellow line until you see your bag arrive. Please vacate the carousel zone immediately upon claiming your bag. Please do not line up with 3 other members of your family to block the view of other passengers who would also like to claim their bags, especially if they, unlike you, fuckwit, did not pack 3/4 of their worldly belongings to go on a 2-week trip."

And this should be played repeatedly, until passengers of the world become less stupid, or for eternity, whichever comes first.

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