Things NOT to Do When Catching a Flight

It's Been a While

It's been a while since since I've taken a flight anywhere. Basically, it has been since before COVID-19 that I have taken one. Now with the return to travel I once again have noticed that shit that non-seasoned travelers do everytime that annoys the crap out of those of use who do. Here is a small list of those things. Please heed these words, lest you face the wrath of the common traveler who finally snaps and tells you about yourself.

The List

  1. Check in using the damned app and drop your bag at the desk! - Otherwise, you have to play 20 questions with the desk, print your boarding passes, etc… You'll hold up the bloody line. If you check in on the app your boarding passes are instantly available to you. All you have to do is check your bag at the desk and go.
  2. Have your ID and boarding passes ready when you approach the security checkpoint - Once again, you'll hold up the bloody line if you don't.
  3. You're not important, you're fucking annoying - I don't care about your priority boarding or your TSA Pre-Check status. There's a whole fuckton of us trying to catch this flight. We all paid a fortune to get on and shouldn't have to stop for you. I don't care how much money you have.
  4. Do NOT wear hard to disrobe clothing and every article of jewelry you own - You're going to have to go through the metal detector or scanner, which means you're going to have to take all that shit off. To make matters worse, the people that do this always take each piece off one article at a time, and then go back through the damned thing!
  5. If it's a smaller airport chances are there's only one snack bar/restuarant - Please don't order food just before a flight when the rest of us are trying to grab a bottle of water or something. We don't want to stand there for 20 bloody minutes while we wait for them to make it for you. I wish you the lovely gift of food poisoning.
  6. Please check your damned bag - I know that you don't want to wait for your luggage at the end of your trip, so you want to bring everything you own stuffed in a carry-on. I hate to break it to you, but you'll have to check your carry-on if it's a full flight. They put it with the rest of the luggage in the bottom of the plane. You'll then have to wait until they unload everything when you get to your desitnation…which is what would have happened anyway had you checked the damned thing at the counter. To make matters worse, it will hold you up if you're grabbing a connection and need to race across the airport.