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No clue why people can just follow the clearly stated rules
Global Entry is 100 bucks, jump the whole line.
But the nonsense of the TSA is annoying and I'm always pissed off in an airport.
I've been an "old man" since I was 17 evidently.
I’m happy to pay 100 bucks to not suffer in the airport or at the border at San Ysidro.
Mistake number one in your post. Not a dig. But you need to be pushy and get what you want. TSA hates their job. If you're direct you'll get better results. Be direct with fellow passengers as well. Don't be a dick, but you may have to confront people including employees.
First time flying in a few years(Wookie, I have no idea how you do it). Going to meet a friend in Vegas to see the Scorpions tonight. Midweek so super cheap airfare($97 round trip inclusive of all fees and a comp room at Aria). Everything went smooth this morning. Southwest sent me a text and email this morning at 9 telling me my 1230 flight was moved back to 1:43. Cool, nice of them to do. Made for a relaxing morning and I had slept in so I can enjoy myself tonight.
20 minute no traffic drive to lax and I made a mistake entering on Sepulveda instead of Century. Cost me 10 minutes. No biggie.
Inside the terminal I was a tad confused. I only brought a backpack. So I asked an employee and she asked to see my boarding pass which I produced on my phone and she guided me to the correct line. Ok. Good. Slightly frayed nerves but not really. Of course the line was an absolute clusterfuck. No clue why people can just follow the clearly stated rules. But I maintain outward calm. Couple guys are rolled up in wheelchairs and the ass in front of me basically shoved his way in front of the wheelchair guys. I stay the polite, well behaved FTM I am and am happy to let the wheel chair bound folks in. Some lady still putting out her items on the security belt is chastised by TSA for putting her stuff into two trays that had no reason for doing so other than she’s a cleanliness hypochondriac and didn’t want her shoes touching her other stuff. Ehhhh. I go through the scan machine and three others follow me. The conveyor belt with out personal items is not moving, so there’s an overload of people in that area. I take a step to the side, joining the three people in front of me. Our stuff is going to be a few minutes. The three mouth breathers behind me rush immediately to the conveyor belt, knowing that their shot ain’t coming out until ours is removed. Wtf is wrong with these people? So my stuff comes out, and I’m no longer nice. Normally it would be a “pardon me”. But because of their unnecessarily frantic moves, it’s “get out of the way so I can get my stuff” “youre stuff won’t come out until I get my things”. And my tone is anything but nice. Then the idiots putting on their belts and shoes in the middle of the damn aisle instead of going to one of the many empty benches to sit and put their shoes on. Sigh.
The final indignity is walking through the terminal where the slow pokes don’t move to the side. There’s some people really rushing and I totally get that esp if they have a connecting flight. Everyone moving like cattle really should get the eff out of the way.
I made it to the gate 20 minutes before boarding time where I’m posting this. There’s a bar right here and I really should have had a drink but I’d love to not have to use the restroom before I get to my hotel room. I should have had a drink anyway. I have a low boarding number so I’ll probably be at the back of the plane and I’m damm sure some ahole is going to stand up near the back of the plane immediately upon landing, pull his carry on futilely hoping it means he gets to de board first. Ugh.
It’s packed in the terminal, probably because dummies didn’t check their emails for delays. They just cautioned people that there are two Vegas flights leaving adjacently. How much you wannna bet at least a few idiots try to get on the wrong flight?
Like I said, I’m officiallu old. Nonstop beer and $75 in free play once I arrive will really help. A lot.