It’s nearly summer (though not as quite yet!), time for holidays and time for me to go home!
As I always travel, do not know how mnay flights per year I take and all come to these no matter where I go (except some circumstances that only occur at the big airport)
When you do travelling for holidays, do you ever take any notice as I have done, or would it just be me! who has nothing else to do but observe people.
firstly, when you check in at the check in desk, I always wonder why this question has to be asked and that question always amuse me no matter how mnay times I’v heard it.
Us: give passport and ticket + load our suitcase.
A person at check in desk: “has anyone put something into your suitcase without your permission?”
Well? what kind of question is that! let’s face it, if anyone ever wanted to put anything into my suitcase wihtout my permission or without my notice? Then, how on earth will I be able to answer this question? surely, “without me realising it”, isn’t that phrase explains itself? If I didn’t know! how would I be able to tell? if they wanted to hide something suitcase then…. they wouldn’t let me know, would they?
Secondly, after you have checked in, answered those little questions, like, have you bought any presents for anyone? yeah, sure if I’ve bought them I would let you know straight away so you can fine me, wouldn’t i?
nywa, when you walk along the duty free shopping place, all that you can hear is women’s shoes, it can either be flipflop or high heel sandles which are tremendously noisy! Furthermore, their bangols! their ear rings! oh! my! god! why do they need to wear them all at once? and when they walk! clinging, clipclop, flip flop all along.
I am a woman as the matter of fact! but I don’t wear those when I travel, rather annoying! sitting in the small seat on the plan is bad enough, why would I want some other metals hanging on my wrist, my ears and other part, is that comfortable to sleep on the plane like that? no! surely not!
Thirdly, another thing that I’ve noticed! where is gate number 1? I no matter where I fly from, bangkokg, heathrow, gatwick, hong kong, singapore, china etc… where is their gate 1? Why my plane or just my plane? always at gate 32 49 57? Why do I have to walk such long walk and injured my feet before I even get to holiday places?
Fourthly, when you are being boarded on the plane, I don’t know whether it’s just the usual airline’s captain or just happen to the airline that I take, why do their captains has to whisper? You know when they annouce something like when we up in the air and settle and it’s the time for captain to say hello and stuff. Can’t they speak normally? loudly? clearly? more comprehensable may be? instead of just talk to himself in a very low voice and so fast and no comprehention in his tone at all. All I could catch was just “I’m sorry that our flight is running a little late, we will have to make up sometime” and then muffle all along!
ah wel… about flights and travelling with my experiences… still more.. but It is too cold! to finish it off besides I’ve got headache as well…
March 25, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Good read! Holidays at it’s best. Cheers!