Random Thoughts: the travel edition, December 22, 2007

** i know there were (really incredibly) long lines for security at the airport, but for someone to visit my country, and then proclaim that they "hate this country" while being forced to wait in line really rubs me the wrong way. i am sure no one forced that woman to come here & spend time in my (yes, my! LOL) Happiest Place on Earth, never mind travel during the holidays, but you know what? if you hate it, please don't come back.

** funniest travel moment: the Spanish guy standing behind me in the security line who burst out singing "Jingle Bell Rock" in a heavy Spanish accent.

** i immediately forgave the flight attendant for saying "expecially" when she wished everyone on the flight a Merry Christmas.

** landing in Houston, thinking you have an hour til your next flight takes off? great. landing in Houston to discover that your flight is delayed for three hours because our plane coming out of New York was delayed by weather, meaning you now have a four-hour unplanned layover? ::sigh::

** did i mention that i was supposed to leave Houston at 10:50 pm? we finally started boarding at 1:45 am. 

** the floor is way more comfortable than those chairs they give you to sit on at the gate.

** there should be a law about playing The Twelve Days of Christmas in an airport terminal filled with delayed passengers who have no escape. what a cruel & unusual form of torture *that* is.