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I don't like flying that much but airports are an interesting place. I like people watching and just the spectacle of it all. There's some funny tweets about a

I don't like flying that much but airports are an interesting place. I like people watching and just the spectacle of it all. There's some funny tweets about airports like: "The airport is a lawless place, want to get drunk at 7AM? Go right ahead. Tired? Just sleep on the floor. Chips cost $15". edit: came back to post this, i definitely get an odd feeling of liberation once i'm at an airport. I travel sometimes for work and once i get in to the airport waiting to board I feel like work and every day life ceases for a time and i'm free to do whatever. It's odd because i'm trapped in this building with hundreds if not thousands of other people waiting to get on a pressurized metal tube blasting through the sky at hundreds of miles/hr. Nothing very liberating about that but for some reason being in the airport feels that way to me.

bentcorner 2y ago
> I travel sometimes for work and once i get in to the airport waiting to board I feel like work and every day life ceases for a time and i'm free to do whatever. Yes, this is very much how I feel. 0 responsibilities and there's nothing I can actually accomplish during my time there. I just sit there reading a book or something, just waiting.
floren 2y ago
Can't stand airports, because from the instant you arrive, the success of your trip is now basically out of your hands but also incredibly precarious. Maybe there's some ticketing snafu and it takes an hour just to drop your checked bag (sanctimonious carry-on fliers hold your posts like you hold the seventeen bags you try to drag on the plane) Maybe security is insanely backed up or just run by incompetents, like the time at SFO where it took them 30 minutes to screen the 10 people in front of me. Then once you get past security, a whole new list of potential problems comes up: Maybe the incoming flight is delayed, possibly delayed so much you're going to miss your connection. Maybe you'll board but the plane will be broken because the airlines don't believe in preventive maintenance, and you'll have to deplane again. Maybe you'll board but due to various circumstances in airport operations you spend 3 hours sitting on the tarmac while the airplane gets increasingly hot and your toddler gets increasingly fussy.

bentcorner 2y ago

> I travel sometimes for work and once i get in to the airport waiting to board I feel like work and every day life ceases for a time and i'm free to do whatever. Yes, this is very much how I feel. 0 responsibilities and there's nothing I can actually accomplish during my time there. I just sit there reading a book or something, just waiting.

floren 2y ago

Can't stand airports, because from the instant you arrive, the success of your trip is now basically out of your hands but also incredibly precarious. Maybe there's some ticketing snafu and it takes an hour just to drop your checked bag (sanctimonious carry-on fliers hold your posts like you hold the seventeen bags you try to drag on the plane) Maybe security is insanely backed up or just run by incompetents, like the time at SFO where it took them 30 minutes to screen the 10 people in front of me. Then once you get past security, a whole new list of potential problems comes up: Maybe the incoming flight is delayed, possibly delayed so much you're going to miss your connection. Maybe you'll board but the plane will be broken because the airlines don't believe in preventive maintenance, and you'll have to deplane again. Maybe you'll board but due to various circumstances in airport operations you spend 3 hours sitting on the tarmac while the airplane gets increasingly hot and your toddler gets increasingly fussy.