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Airport annoyances

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JimsSweaterVest;1651908; said:
I didn't know travel agents still existed.
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I just used a travel agent to book my honeymoon. The price for the vacation package wasn't any better than booking it online thru Costco or something like that, but it was better than most online pricing I saw. All things being equal, for something like this I think it's good to have somebody I can call directly who can get shit done instead of having to go thru a company that might be closed, have a call center in India or staffed by somebody who makes minimum wage and has not contacts or experience.
 
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Was stuck in the world's worst airport last week.

The Kansas City Airport is an absolute abomination.

It's shaped like a huge horseshoe with no one main area for security so you have to go back through security if you want to eat at a restaurant.

We had nearly a 3 hour delay on top of an already existing hour and a half lay-over so to kill time we wanted to eat dinner but had to leave the secure area to do so.

What a horse abortion.
 
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Thump;1748032; said:
Was stuck in the world's worst airport last week.

The Kansas City Airport is an absolute abomination.

It's shaped like a huge horseshoe with no one main area for security so you have to go back through security if you want to eat at a restaurant.

We had nearly a 3 hour delay on top of an already existing hour and a half lay-over so to kill time we wanted to eat dinner but had to leave the secure area to do so.

What a horse abortion.
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That is the worst security design I've ever seen in an airport.
 
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Thump;1748032; said:
Was stuck in the world's worst airport last week.

The Kansas City Airport is an absolute abomination.

It's shaped like a huge horseshoe with no one main area for security so you have to go back through security if you want to eat at a restaurant.

We had nearly a 3 hour delay on top of an already existing hour and a half lay-over so to kill time we wanted to eat dinner but had to leave the secure area to do so.

What a horse abortion.
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Yep. Only good thing is that they have umpty fucking million gates, each with its own security, so the wait is not that long. Odd design. And for a big town, it is a small, non-descript looking airport.
 
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Thump;1748032; said:
The Kansas City Airport is an absolute abomination.

It's shaped like a huge horseshoe with no one main area for security so you have to go back through security if you want to eat at a restaurant.
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KCI is shaped like three horseshoes, not just one.

But yeah, it sucks.

Hartsfield-Jackson (Atlanta) is my #1 most hated though, followed closely by DFW.

Nothing worse than having a short-layover and realizing you need to hop on the APM to get to a different terminal two miles away.
 
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NeuteredBuck;1749087; said:
Last year on a flight to Seattle a middle aged 5'3" European guy landed in the seat next to me. He proceeded to take off his shoes and went barefoot the whole way.
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Shower curtain ring guy? I've been there...

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the last time we tried booking through a travel agent, they checked availability and prices on expedia. I can do that myself, jackass.


crying babies use to annoy me. Then I had my own kids and realized it's just a part of life. Just because I have kids doesn't mean my traveling days should be over.


what ticks me off is that it's been almost 10 years since 9/11 and the whole tightened security thing, and it never fails that I get in the line with the people who wait until they get up to the gate and then have to be reminded to take off their coat, remove their laptop from it's case, take off their belt, remove their shoes, and take off their watch.

really? really? You haven't flown in the last decade to know all this?
 
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WolverineMike;1749193; said:
what ticks me off is that it's been almost 10 years since 9/11 and the whole tightened security thing, and it never fails that I get in the line with the people who wait until they get up to the gate and then have to be reminded to take off their coat, remove their laptop from it's case, take off their belt, remove their shoes, and take off their watch.

really? really? You haven't flown in the last decade to know all this?
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This is it! Nothing makes me more angry than being behind "that guy"!
 
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One of my favorites was the artist who went through TSA in front of me and had a box fall of acrylic paints that he was trying to carry on. They explained the rule on liquids and he whined that they were just paint.

Like the terrorists carry bottles labeled "dangerous explosives".
 
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Oh8ch;1749321; said:
One of my favorites was the artist who went through TSA in front of me and had a box fall of acrylic paints that he was trying to carry on. They explained the rule on liquids and he whined that they were just paint.

Like the terrorists carry bottles labeled "dangerous explosives".
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I actually had a guy in front of me a couple of years ago who tried to take "power tools" through security....:yow1:
 
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Another one is when you are in the security line and this person in front of you takes about 4-5 grey totes to place their crap in and then just walks up the security gate and walks through...meanwhile all their crap is still on the tables and rollers and they expect you (because you were behind them in line) to shove all their crap through the ex-ray machine....:huh:
 
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Wingate1217;1749334; said:
Another one is when you are in the security line and this person in front of you takes about 4-5 grey totes to place their crap in and then just walks up the security gate and walks through...meanwhile all their crap is still on the tables and rollers and they expect you (because you were behind them in line) to shove all their crap through the ex-ray machine....:huh:
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i usually just put my stuff in front of theirs and go through leaving it sit there. even better is one or two people behind me do the same thing and we watch the person stand there and crane their necks wondering where their stuff is while we all have gotten ours. quite humorous.


one other thing that annoys me is the fact I make my flights on time because I properly prepare, yet it never fails I get somebody trying to shove past me or ask if they can cut in line because they're late for their flight. Plan better, douche.
 
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