For the past two weeks, I have developed a very intimate relationship with airports and planes. I love the experience of going through the motions: checking in, clearing immigration, getting frisked? oopps!
All is fun and well, but not so when you travel with certain groups of people.
This first group of people are from the south of Asia. I came into contact with them on my flight back to Bangkok from Phuket. They were all queued up nicely, albeit speaking to each other in a loud voice. That was what I thought-that they were speaking loudly to each other, but apparently they were talking back to the lady at the counter. They were causing such a ruckus that the personnel had to move them aside.
This group of people were tolerable (since they were not in my way), but the next group I bumped into the next day was just crazy with a capital C. snap snap snap*
It was Friday at Suvarnabhumi Airport and I was checking in for my flight to Singapore. Upon reaching the check-in counter, there was a crowd, not a queue, but a CROWD of "people." These "people" just crowded around the counter and all were yapping away happily. We circled the crowd and found an empty counter. Somehow the people were just attracted to one counter, but this did not last long. They saw me and my friend lining up at the empty counter and soon enough a bunch of them followed suite.
We clear immigration and was soon shopping away at the departure terminal. We got to our gate and lo and behold the "people" were there. I joined in the line and they made you feel like you were invisible. Physically pushing against you. I could feel their stomachs against my back. Hmmm, not much of a personal space with them "people." When we got to the aerobridge a member of the "people" thought it would be okay for them to cut the line. I immediately raised my hand and gave them the "HAND" and said "No!"
Well, if it weren't for them my travels won't be as exciting. :P
All is fun and well, but not so when you travel with certain groups of people.
This first group of people are from the south of Asia. I came into contact with them on my flight back to Bangkok from Phuket. They were all queued up nicely, albeit speaking to each other in a loud voice. That was what I thought-that they were speaking loudly to each other, but apparently they were talking back to the lady at the counter. They were causing such a ruckus that the personnel had to move them aside.
This group of people were tolerable (since they were not in my way), but the next group I bumped into the next day was just crazy with a capital C. snap snap snap*
It was Friday at Suvarnabhumi Airport and I was checking in for my flight to Singapore. Upon reaching the check-in counter, there was a crowd, not a queue, but a CROWD of "people." These "people" just crowded around the counter and all were yapping away happily. We circled the crowd and found an empty counter. Somehow the people were just attracted to one counter, but this did not last long. They saw me and my friend lining up at the empty counter and soon enough a bunch of them followed suite.
We clear immigration and was soon shopping away at the departure terminal. We got to our gate and lo and behold the "people" were there. I joined in the line and they made you feel like you were invisible. Physically pushing against you. I could feel their stomachs against my back. Hmmm, not much of a personal space with them "people." When we got to the aerobridge a member of the "people" thought it would be okay for them to cut the line. I immediately raised my hand and gave them the "HAND" and said "No!"
Well, if it weren't for them my travels won't be as exciting. :P
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