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and what about the planned maze to reach your gate? planned so you are forced to pass in front as many shops as possible? The gate may be 50 meters away if you

and what about the planned maze to reach your gate? planned so you are forced to pass in front as many shops as possible? The gate may be 50 meters away if you turn left, but the sign says you have to turn right... and it will become 200 meters and many shops then, even worse, the fact that they "announce" your gate only 30 minutes before embarking! .... they do not want you to sit in a chair if front of your gate.. absolutely not! they want you to hang around and spend. but, the worst: when they heat the water in the toilets so you cannot drink it! In Greece they even put a fake "not potable" sign, so you sure buy the world's higher overpriced bottle of water.

lvkv 4y ago
Do you mean “sinks” instead of “toilets”?
- jffry 4y ago
  Maybe "toilets" was meant more in the sense of "bathrooms"?
  - cortesoft 4y ago
    Or the comment was written by a dog
    - jstarfish 4y ago
      Or Duke Nukem.
- sleepychu 4y ago
  The toilet can mean the bathroom, at least where I'm from.
  - indymike 4y ago
    The toilet is in the bathroom where I live. Only the local rustics say warshroom.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
- gadders 4y ago
  Toilets are what Brits call the room that America's call a bathroom. I guess at least that has the virtue of the room actually having toilets in it and not baths.
  - ipaddr 4y ago
    washroom is American but bathroom is Canadian
    - PebblesRox 4y ago
      I've always heard and used bathroom as an American. Restroom is also used for public facilities that don't actually have bathtubs.
      - ipaddr 4y ago
        It might break down like pop/soda. Are you from a pop or soda state?
        PebblesRox 4y ago
        Yeah, it probably depends on the region. My state is split down the middle and I'm in the soda half.
    - pxc 4y ago
      'bathroom' is extremely common in the USA.
    - zeven7 4y ago
      Another lifelong American checking in with "bathroom". I've lived up and down the East coast, and "bathroom" would have been normal to hear anywhere, alongside "restroom". "Washroom" would be a very distant 3rd option.
  - quietbritishjim 4y ago
    I'm a Brit (as my handle suggests) and technically I agree with your comment but if I read you can't drink "the water in the toilets" it sounds pretty literal even to me.
- oriettaxx 4y ago
  :) :) yes, of course
ornornor 4y ago
Yep. I hate everything about flying. It’s miserable. I plan my vacations to avoid flying, it’s just not worth the aggravation for me.
- tracker1 4y ago
  I find road trips pretty pleasant... don't plan on having to drive too far in one day, and when you aren't in a rush to get somewhere by a certain time, it's pretty relaxing just listening to music, and the general scenery for most of the driving. After a few days, most daily life stress tends to melt away.
  - ornornor 4y ago
    I live in Europe and prefer the train. Less pollution, more legroom, can take a nap, read a book, etc.
    - tracker1 4y ago
      You could also fly, and take a nap there... The biggest benefit to a road trip is flexibility. If you see something that catches your eye and want to look around and take some pictures, a train doesn't give you that. If you decide to stay an extra day somewhere, the effect on your budget could be significant for other forms of travel. As for pollution, maybe if they were building more nuclear plants and high speed chargers, then electric vehicles would actually be a better option for longer distance travel. Of course not counting the environmental impact of building a bunch of new vehicles vs. the one that I've had for over 7 years.
- ativzzz 4y ago
  Just show up the airport an hour earlier than needed and go grab a beer. Less stress, more relaxation
  - dev_tty01 4y ago
    That is fine for the first flight, but the connections can quickly turn into a mess. Also, after getting there an hour early, you grab a beer, sit around, and then the flight gets delayed or cancelled. I've noticed it is stressful until the plane for my final connection going back home leaves the ground. If you don't have to get somewhere at specific times and events, no problem, just chill and you'll get there eventually. If going to a planned meeting, or giving a talk, etc., it can be very tiring.
polio 4y ago
It's also a perverse incentive for the airport to not improve security times. The less predictable the security experience is, the earlier people have to show up, and the more time they spend getting hungry airside.
- zmmmmm 4y ago
  not to mention security requirements ... the more paranoid they make people about what they can bring, the less likely they are to attempt to bring food or drink in themselves and end up resigning yourself to buying it in the terminal. There seems to be a deliberate fog of war around travel requirements. The specifics of the rules are different everywhere (take my shoes off? belt off? laptop in my bag or out of my bag? ...). Which is slightly annoying in itself but what is really annoying is the lack of explanation of what those specific requirements are at any one airport. Which means inevitably being yelled at by security staff, feeling stupid, setting off scanners accidentally etc. It's all very unpleasant.
  - landemva 4y ago
    > The specifics of the rules are different everywhere With lack of signage by TSA to describe the airport-specific rules. Makes TSA folks appear busy by seizing my water bottle after arriving int'l and getting caught by TSA for onward flight. And specific taxes pay for this bureaucracy.
- hgsgm 4y ago
  TSA took over airport security.
  - oriettaxx 4y ago
    what a great idea to create jobs :) :) And you take them seriously, until you take a flight in Argentina and they tell you you can take aboard as much water you want ahhahaah omg, you say, will be a safe flight? hahaha of course.
grepfru_it 4y ago
>planned maze Is actually to maximize surface area for airplanes to park in a single terminal. Next airport trip, pull out a gps and look at where you are walking. >announce your gate 30 minutes The airline you are flying on only has X number of gates but X+y planes at that given time. So they will hold off on gate numbers to optimally fit you in. Lots of pilots talking to ATC telling them they don’t have gate info from their carrier yet I understand it may appear as though they are trying to get you, but they are trying to be efficient
- Y_Y 4y ago
  What I've found is that often a flight will take the same gate as it took yesterday, and failing that a nearby one. I think people like to be near their gate to feel safer about missing the flight. You mightn't know know the exact date, but since airports won't even give you the general area. Also I don't believe your efficiency story, there are plenty of cases where it's possible to know the gate ahead of time, and plenty of reasons for airports not to want people congregating at the gate as soon as they get airside.
  - oriettaxx 4y ago
    > there are plenty of cases where it's possible to know the gate ahead of time exactly, sometimes even flight radar tells you the gate, but the main displays in the airport will tell you the gate number only 30 minutes before: Istanbul (IST) is my main reference here: what I do is I just go to any personnel and gently ask for the gate for my flight telling them I need to sit down and rest: they quickly check and tell me. I have no proof, but I do believe that those 30 mins only advance notification are planned so not to have me sitting down in a comfortable chair for hours not spending money.
  - grepfru_it 4y ago
    My local airport only has 8 gates for american airlines. They are constantly landing without a gate. Sometimes you get to file your gate early, sometimes you don't. Not having a gate doesn't prevent you from filing an IFR flight plan and getting to your destination. It just means you might sit on the tarmack because you are not flying into a hub for your airline
gberger 4y ago
Wait, did you actually find overpriced water in Greece? I ask because they have a law regulating the price of bottled water: https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLED%20WATER%20PRICE%3A%200.50%E2%82%AC,not%20sitting%20at%20a%20table https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLE...). In my experience, I was able to purchase 0.50€ water at airports in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini. One trick that I saw some merchants use was to not to sell bottled water at all, or claim it had ran out, and that they only had 7€ Gatorade or whatever.
- oriettaxx 4y ago
  > they have a law regulating the price of bottled water: https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLE https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLE...). oh, good to know, thanks. I recall a crazy price for Perrier (something I would never buy myself): it was Cefalonia airport where tab water is (or at least it was 10 years ago) super fine, and in the toilet there was a fake hand made "water is not drinkable" sign (only in the main bathroom btw ahhaaha): I remember my friend needed to drink and ended up buying Perrier and not drinking from the sink as we were doing.

lvkv 4y ago

Do you mean “sinks” instead of “toilets”?

jffry 4y ago
Maybe "toilets" was meant more in the sense of "bathrooms"?
- cortesoft 4y ago
  Or the comment was written by a dog
  - jstarfish 4y ago
    Or Duke Nukem.
sleepychu 4y ago
The toilet can mean the bathroom, at least where I'm from.
- indymike 4y ago
  The toilet is in the bathroom where I live. Only the local rustics say warshroom.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
gadders 4y ago
Toilets are what Brits call the room that America's call a bathroom. I guess at least that has the virtue of the room actually having toilets in it and not baths.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  washroom is American but bathroom is Canadian
  - PebblesRox 4y ago
    I've always heard and used bathroom as an American. Restroom is also used for public facilities that don't actually have bathtubs.
    - ipaddr 4y ago
      It might break down like pop/soda. Are you from a pop or soda state?
      - PebblesRox 4y ago
        Yeah, it probably depends on the region. My state is split down the middle and I'm in the soda half.
  - pxc 4y ago
    'bathroom' is extremely common in the USA.
  - zeven7 4y ago
    Another lifelong American checking in with "bathroom". I've lived up and down the East coast, and "bathroom" would have been normal to hear anywhere, alongside "restroom". "Washroom" would be a very distant 3rd option.
- quietbritishjim 4y ago
  I'm a Brit (as my handle suggests) and technically I agree with your comment but if I read you can't drink "the water in the toilets" it sounds pretty literal even to me.
oriettaxx 4y ago
:) :) yes, of course

ornornor 4y ago

Yep. I hate everything about flying. It’s miserable. I plan my vacations to avoid flying, it’s just not worth the aggravation for me.

tracker1 4y ago
I find road trips pretty pleasant... don't plan on having to drive too far in one day, and when you aren't in a rush to get somewhere by a certain time, it's pretty relaxing just listening to music, and the general scenery for most of the driving. After a few days, most daily life stress tends to melt away.
- ornornor 4y ago
  I live in Europe and prefer the train. Less pollution, more legroom, can take a nap, read a book, etc.
  - tracker1 4y ago
    You could also fly, and take a nap there... The biggest benefit to a road trip is flexibility. If you see something that catches your eye and want to look around and take some pictures, a train doesn't give you that. If you decide to stay an extra day somewhere, the effect on your budget could be significant for other forms of travel. As for pollution, maybe if they were building more nuclear plants and high speed chargers, then electric vehicles would actually be a better option for longer distance travel. Of course not counting the environmental impact of building a bunch of new vehicles vs. the one that I've had for over 7 years.
ativzzz 4y ago
Just show up the airport an hour earlier than needed and go grab a beer. Less stress, more relaxation
- dev_tty01 4y ago
  That is fine for the first flight, but the connections can quickly turn into a mess. Also, after getting there an hour early, you grab a beer, sit around, and then the flight gets delayed or cancelled. I've noticed it is stressful until the plane for my final connection going back home leaves the ground. If you don't have to get somewhere at specific times and events, no problem, just chill and you'll get there eventually. If going to a planned meeting, or giving a talk, etc., it can be very tiring.

polio 4y ago

It's also a perverse incentive for the airport to not improve security times. The less predictable the security experience is, the earlier people have to show up, and the more time they spend getting hungry airside.

zmmmmm 4y ago
not to mention security requirements ... the more paranoid they make people about what they can bring, the less likely they are to attempt to bring food or drink in themselves and end up resigning yourself to buying it in the terminal. There seems to be a deliberate fog of war around travel requirements. The specifics of the rules are different everywhere (take my shoes off? belt off? laptop in my bag or out of my bag? ...). Which is slightly annoying in itself but what is really annoying is the lack of explanation of what those specific requirements are at any one airport. Which means inevitably being yelled at by security staff, feeling stupid, setting off scanners accidentally etc. It's all very unpleasant.
- landemva 4y ago
  > The specifics of the rules are different everywhere With lack of signage by TSA to describe the airport-specific rules. Makes TSA folks appear busy by seizing my water bottle after arriving int'l and getting caught by TSA for onward flight. And specific taxes pay for this bureaucracy.
hgsgm 4y ago
TSA took over airport security.
- oriettaxx 4y ago
  what a great idea to create jobs :) :) And you take them seriously, until you take a flight in Argentina and they tell you you can take aboard as much water you want ahhahaah omg, you say, will be a safe flight? hahaha of course.

grepfru_it 4y ago

>planned maze Is actually to maximize surface area for airplanes to park in a single terminal. Next airport trip, pull out a gps and look at where you are walking. >announce your gate 30 minutes The airline you are flying on only has X number of gates but X+y planes at that given time. So they will hold off on gate numbers to optimally fit you in. Lots of pilots talking to ATC telling them they don’t have gate info from their carrier yet I understand it may appear as though they are trying to get you, but they are trying to be efficient

Y_Y 4y ago
What I've found is that often a flight will take the same gate as it took yesterday, and failing that a nearby one. I think people like to be near their gate to feel safer about missing the flight. You mightn't know know the exact date, but since airports won't even give you the general area. Also I don't believe your efficiency story, there are plenty of cases where it's possible to know the gate ahead of time, and plenty of reasons for airports not to want people congregating at the gate as soon as they get airside.
- oriettaxx 4y ago
  > there are plenty of cases where it's possible to know the gate ahead of time exactly, sometimes even flight radar tells you the gate, but the main displays in the airport will tell you the gate number only 30 minutes before: Istanbul (IST) is my main reference here: what I do is I just go to any personnel and gently ask for the gate for my flight telling them I need to sit down and rest: they quickly check and tell me. I have no proof, but I do believe that those 30 mins only advance notification are planned so not to have me sitting down in a comfortable chair for hours not spending money.
- grepfru_it 4y ago
  My local airport only has 8 gates for american airlines. They are constantly landing without a gate. Sometimes you get to file your gate early, sometimes you don't. Not having a gate doesn't prevent you from filing an IFR flight plan and getting to your destination. It just means you might sit on the tarmack because you are not flying into a hub for your airline

gberger 4y ago

Wait, did you actually find overpriced water in Greece? I ask because they have a law regulating the price of bottled water: https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLED%20WATER%20PRICE%3A%200.50%E2%82%AC,not%20sitting%20at%20a%20table https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLE...). In my experience, I was able to purchase 0.50€ water at airports in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini. One trick that I saw some merchants use was to not to sell bottled water at all, or claim it had ran out, and that they only had 7€ Gatorade or whatever.

oriettaxx 4y ago
> they have a law regulating the price of bottled water: https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLE https://greeklandscapes.com/prices-in-greece/#:~:text=BOTTLE...). oh, good to know, thanks. I recall a crazy price for Perrier (something I would never buy myself): it was Cefalonia airport where tab water is (or at least it was 10 years ago) super fine, and in the toilet there was a fake hand made "water is not drinkable" sign (only in the main bathroom btw ahhaaha): I remember my friend needed to drink and ended up buying Perrier and not drinking from the sink as we were doing.