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Once again is it that difficult to throw a pair of jeans on and a decent shirt? Maybe splash some water on your face so you don’t look completely crusty?

Just watched a family feeding their kids and spilling crumbs and trash all over the floor at the gate. Oh well, time for them to board so they just leave all their trash sitting there. Not even 7am and this place looks like a dump due to filthy humans.

Also, if your feet wreak of musty corn, don’t slip off your shoes to stretch out and relax.

Then there’s the a-hole who’s running late and thinks it’s his world that everyone has to revolve around.

Rant over.

It is really difficult to imagine, even for those who experienced it, but once upon a time air travel was a luxurious experience and one you would look forward to almost as much as the destination you were traveling to. Airlines treated passengers like very special guests. You could park your car and take a leisurely stroll through the terminal, check your luggage and stop in the still most fascinating place in all of human experience the airport lounge. You could enjoy an overpriced but well made cocktail with fellow travelers and then make it to your gate where they acted like they were glad to see you. The plane itself was actually comfortable and they fed you, if not well at least actually, and if you wanted a drink or several they were right there with them. It was truly enjoyable. Cows heading to the abattoir's office in 2023 are treated better than first class airline passengers. I refuse to participate any longer. If it is more than a 8 hour drive and flying is the only practical option I weigh the option of simply not going at all. I have, in the last 3 years, avoided Australia, Papeete and Phuket as well as several cross country flights to such exotic locales as Seattle and San Francisco. And to be perfectly honest I ain't missed a damned thing. I despise airports and airlines...all of them, every last fricking one of them. I will do business with them but if I can avoid it I will....