re: Airports and the decline of humanity

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imagine you are so insecure that you care about what others wear and have to wear a suit to feel confident

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The only redeeming quality this embarrassment of a post has is that I get a little spark of joy thinking about all of the people who know me irl who might stumble across my being accused of being insecure and lacking self confidence and imagining their reaction

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Imagine having no sense of pride and dressing like a fricking slob all the time.

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This! You never know who you will run into. Imagine landing at your destination or be waiting at a gate and running into an old colleague, boss, or flame. There you are, years later in glorified pajamas with cow licks all in your hair. It’s lunchtime and you’re not even dressed appropriately. It’s called self respect and at a minimum just takes about an extra 20 minutes in the morning.

I understand the argument about cleanliness, etc. But does anyone else think its weird that certain styles of clothing are considered "nice" while others are not?

If you put on a pair of sweatpants and a long-sleeved t-shirt, you are wearing the same material as someone wearing slacks and a button-down shirt. But the latter is "dressed nice" and "looks nicer" than the former. Why? Just because of the styling on the clothes, and because society has told you someone looks "nicer" when they tuck in their shirt.

Same thing with a suit. Why is putting on a suit jacket and an entirely useless strip of cloth tied around your neck considered formally dressed, but not if you put on a bomber jacket and a scarf?

I wear a suit all the time, and I have a number of really nice, well-tailored ones. But I wear them because it is expected. I think its stupid.

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glorified pajamas with cow licks all in your hair.

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You live in Austin. Have you looked around outside the airport?

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Ever since deregulation in 1978.

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That's lazy as hell, and untrue.

The 80s, 90s, 2000s, and the beginning of 2010s were generally fine in terms of passenger behavior and dress. The prevalence of social media encouraged cringey behavior, as well as the ability to report it. How long were the Southwest preboarding lines full of wheelchairs in 2002? Yeah, non existent.

In 2009, most airlines stopped requiring paperwork for emotional support animals. Once you have dogs fighting each other and shitting in the aisles, human women will start doing the same.

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Other fatty proceeded to eat his chic-fil-a and smelled the whole area up with condiments.

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did said fatty lick it’s fingers to clean up?

I wear shorts and flops on all flights for work or pleasure and DNGAF what business casual douchebag in 3C thinks about it.

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wear shorts and flops on all flights for work or pleasure and DNGAF what business casual douchebag in 3C thinks about it.

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I would like to wear jeans just to not touch the seat with my skin any more than I have to. But the planes are usually too hot. Not sweating on an august flight from Louisiana to Florida. I’m definitely wearing shoes and socks. Not wearing flip flops and touching that nasty arse floor. Gross enough thinking about it staying on my socks.

But getting there early is essential for me. The people watching is the best of anywhere.

How old are you?

I’ll be in the Sky Club, avoiding the riff raff until the last possible second.