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January 17, 2005
Airport Blogging
I'm flying Frontier today. The security guys went through everything in my suitcase, and started to leave my expensive lotion out of the suitcase as he was closing it. I'm glad I hung around to watch the inspection, otherwise, I would have lost yet another item to TSA.
Sigh.
I like Frontier - they have TV screens at each seat, and though it costs money, it's better then just sitting there worrying!
I want to invent something for women travelers that we could spray on airport toilet seats and it would make them clean and dry immediately! For some reason, the Kansas City International Airport has the ickiest ladies rooms. The women here straddle and leave tinkly stuff all over the seat. And they never clean up after themselves. And using one of those toilet covers isn't helpful if the seat is wet!
Clean up after yourselves, women! It's really gross! And then, some people are apparently incapable of making sure the toilets flush - even grosser.
Of course, on the plane, a lot of men are very thoughtless about how they leave the potty - they spray all over the place, and on most of the planes I fly, there are not a lot of choices for relieving oneself. Don't you guys realize that the lady waiting for you to finish getting out of the bathroom sees you as you leave? Several times, I have been tempted to hunt down the passenger who left a mess. Yuch. Yuch. Yuch.
I, of course, am always thoughtful and clean up after myself, and mostly after the slobs in front of me.
Posted by Beth at January 17, 2005 1:01 PM
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'tinkly stuff'... I'll never be able to listen to a music box again without that image popping to mind.
Damn.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at January 17, 2005 1:16 PM
Can you explain why the straddlers don't bother to raise the seat first? After all, if they have no intention of sitting on it, why not get it out of the way? That would at least give it a chance to dry off.
Combined with all the complaints from women about men not putting the seat down, I believe this constitutes an existence proof that many women simply don't understand the concept, capabilities, and uses of a hinged seat. You'ld think it would be obvious....
Posted by: Roger Ritter at January 17, 2005 1:40 PM
There was a sign I used to see in ladies' rooms that said: "If you can't sit like a lady, put the seat up like a man." Not that anyone did, even if the sign were there.
Posted by: Kathy K at January 17, 2005 8:58 PM
My favorite TSA baggage inspection story involves a trip to Key West.
A few years ago I spent a few weeks sailing my boat down from Hollywood, Fl through the keys, ending up meeting my girlfriend for St. Patrick's day in Key West.
My boat had mechanical problems with one of the engines and I was forced to buy a one way ticket back to Atlanta, at the last minute, and I paid cash.
I might have well showed up at the ticket counter wearing a turban with a name tag that said Mohammned. I was unshaven and darkly suntanned and had a bad attitude. I hadn't seen a real shower or a laundry until I got to Key West and I just made do with the clean clothers I had and bought some new stuff to wear.
The TSA people tagged me with everything but a strip search and I witnessed them doing the hand search of my "special" suitcase containing the doubled Hefty trashbags full of dirty fishing attire and sweaty offshore boating clothing. The inspector nearly tossed his cookies whem he untied the knot in the bag. All of my clean stuff and personal items were in my carry on that they actually declined to screen.
What a joke...
Posted by: Virgil at January 17, 2005 9:10 PM
Seat squatters always tick me off. They're so concerned about keeping germs off their own bums, they don't care that they spread theirs to everyone else.
A sign someone once put up in an office building where I used to work: "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie." Corny, but it actually did make a bit of an impact.
Posted by: Venomous Kate at January 18, 2005 9:55 AM
I have loved Frontier ever since getting freshly toasted bagels on one flight (and the flight was "no food" to boot!)
Posted by: B. Durbin at January 19, 2005 6:18 PM