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Too Smelly to fly
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I'm guessing by now you just don't wear shoes or carry your laptop in a bag
No, I'm the cranky naked guy in line behind you.
Actually, one develops a "system". Slip-ons, TSA-approved butterfly bag, liquids in a little zippered pouch in its own spot on that bag, phone and watch stowed in advance of the line, and a belt that passes metal detectors every time.
That, and most of the TSA folks probably recognize me by now.
This has become the norm in the United States at all airports where the TSA does the screening and the traffic supports the three lines. However, as of late I've noticed that it's not really being enforced too well; countless times I have seen mommy, daddy, Jimmy, and Betty going through the "expert traveller" line with strollers and whatnot, maybe thinking that they're experts because they flew to Disney world five years ago.
damn, I miss Clear.
Experienced traveller ≠ business traveller. I always take note that the people that board in the elite status line/boarding group are usually the ones that don't cause issues. Granted, that's not the best gauge for estimating flying experience, but I'd imagine that it works pretty well as one most likely doesn't get into that category with 2-3 annual sales trips.
No, I'm the cranky naked guy in line behind you.
Actually, one develops a "system". Slip-ons, TSA-approved butterfly bag, liquids in a little zippered pouch in its own spot on that bag, phone and watch stowed in advance of the line, and a belt that passes metal detectors every time.
That, and most of the TSA folks probably recognize me by now.
That was me when I traveled a lot except I never wore a belt while flying. Would be too tempting to use it to strangle someone.
That was a nice service. They had it in Denver, where I flew monthly.
QFT/This/Word.
Thankfully, the company picked up the tab. Orlando was where I first used it, and it was like having concierge service. "How many bins today, sir?"
Now I just have to schlep along in the first class lanes.
I had gifted three memberships to my coworkers two weeks before the tankage.
[tonysoprano]Whaddya gonna do?[/tonysoprano]
Urgh me too. I hate airports, I hate planes and within 10 minutes I hate people too. Last week I booked flights to America and am now dreading probably 15-20 hours of travel hell. About 11 hours of which will be on a damn plane.
Then I realised that on the way back I'll be flying alone. Good for moving swiftly through airport and security. Bad for chatty seat mates.
Classes don't make a difference for me. Being stuck in a tube of dry air with a load of idiots for extended periods of time is essentially the same no matter how comfy the seat.
I think my best airport story was at Buenos Aires airport, as I'd just been to the US I was the only one not to set off the metal detectors - though even though they all got some "additional screening" I was still slower to get my stuff afterwards.
I hate it when people are stupid with security.
It doesn't take a lot of knowledge to go through security. Do your best not to make your bag look like a bomb, that's right, no bowling ball candles in your carry-on, only wear a belt if you have to, and overall be quick and ready. Do a little research before time, be positive you have everything you need ready, and just be smart about it.
People who don't fly more often than every 6 months or so should always look at the CATSA Pack Smart website (or whatever the equivalent is in your land of residence) before they travel. It's just logical.
It doesn't take a lot of knowledge to go through security. Do your best not to make your bag look like a bomb, that's right, no bowling ball candles in your carry-on, only wear a belt if you have to, and overall be quick and ready. Do a little research before time, be positive you have everything you need ready, and just be smart about it.
People who don't fly more often than every 6 months or so should always look at the CATSA Pack Smart website (or whatever the equivalent is in your land of residence) before they travel. It's just logical.
We landed and I planned to go speak with with the airline people on the ground but decided to duck out for a smoke first. I get to the counter and who is in front of me complaining about all kinds of crap? You got it, my lovely neighbor from the flight. The guy behind the counter made his displeasure of her quite evident. After like 10 minutes she left and he called me over. Asked how he could help. I simply said, I just experienced the most awful flight ever. I was seated next to your previous customer. He didn't bat an eye and simply asked, would a $500 voucher make up for it?
She was probably complaining that you smelled like an ash tray.
Not really, smokers are among the worst offenders in this particular case. Add to the fact that they have impaired their own sense of smell by smoking and its pretty bad.
Would tend to agree with this.
The smoke smell permeates clothes, luggage, computers, etc. that smokers have and use. That much is certain.
I'm a pilot. One day about 6 years ago, we arrive in Dallas (nothing against Dallas) in a DC9 and when I open the flight deck door to say good bye, there is this awfully strong, all most overpowering manure smell. I tell the flight attendant, "boy that jet way stinks!" She says, "it's not the jet way". I say "boy, the farms around here stink!" She says "it's not the farms." So I'm looking at her, what is it? "It's one of our passengers." I told her, "My God, if you had told be before we left I would have kicked the person off!"
Not that it would have changed my decision if I had known before we took off, but she told me the smell was so bad, so strong, they could not really identify who the person was but they knew they were seated in about a 10 row area where the smell was strongest. True story.
Not that it would have changed my decision if I had known before we took off, but she told me the smell was so bad, so strong, they could not really identify who the person was but they knew they were seated in about a 10 row area where the smell was strongest. True story.
I bet the passenger(s) sitting next to the offender could have made the identification all right! phew!
Now standard on all flights...
Edit: Now due to high response... these masks are available for a $50 upgrade available at the gate.
Everyone should shower and clean themselves......
But don't forget about the people that wear so much perfume or cologne that it makes you as sick!
But don't forget about the people that wear so much perfume or cologne that it makes you as sick!
Ok, I'll admit I was wrong, even though this is the internet.
When I said that, I thought this was the 'Too fat to fly' thread (the chit-chat in the threads are similar), and the comment about smelling like smoke seemed a bit left-field. Since this thread is regarding smells, your comment was ok, whether I agree or not (I do).
Or allergic to other things, like peanuts. One day a woman stood up after the plane pushed back and announced no one could eat peanuts cause her daughter was allergic. The airline I'm with does not and can't realistically guarantee a peanut free environment. If you let them know they will not serve peanuts within a couple of rows where you are sitting, but that is not a guarantee. In this case as she had been advised before closing the door, we pulled back up to the gate and had the gate agent accompanied by a police officer allow her to decide if she wanted to go or not. She and her daughter went, and no allergy attacks...
One day I saw a teenager run off the airplane and collapse in the jet way but she did not loose consciousness, was having a hard time breathing. Turns out someone sitting next to her had a cat, under the seat in a carrier and that was all it took. She had allergies, but had never had an attack like that before. Of course we assisted her until the paramedics arrived.