Early Morning Flights Suck!

Posted by GregQualls

January 18, 2008

So I have to go to Phoenix today for some training (in fact, I’m writting this in the airport right now). Yes. UPS is flying me to Phoenix for just the day (it doesn’t make sense….but they are paying for it….so I’ll go). So, this means that I had to get up at the butt crack of dawn to catch my flight.

I really don’t like getting up this early in the morning. I’m just not a happy person. Plus, all the errors with the airport seem to be amplified. The security gaurd’s stupidity is stupider (as well is my spelling…maybe), the happy morning people are even more detestable, and the coffee tastes horrible.

Plus, you determine (once again) that you are only going to show up at the airport 30 min before your flight from now on. Because you get here an hour and a half before your flight and get through security in five minutes (I’m not exgagerating). But you know the one time that you do, you will miss your flight and go back to square one again (plus it gives you time to blog).

Maybe they still tell everyone to show up early because they have to make consideration for that one idiot that doesn’t realize he needs to empty his pockets of metal before going through the metal detector (He has his house keys, some loose change, and a lead pipe in his pockets and he can’t understand why it is beeping at him). I mean it’s 5:30 in the morning and even in my sleep deprived coma, I can figure out how to empty my pockets.

They should just say, “pleas show up 45-60 minutes before your flight. Unless you are an idiot…then please don’t fly.” I think life would be better for all of us. They should do this for most places that have lines. There should be a normal line and a “We’re forced to serve you…so please get in this line” line.

Ohhh well. I doubt it will ever happen. All the good ideas eventually get stopped by government or the like (like Shannon’s idea to castrate any male that is disrespectful to a female….just didn’t seem to go over well). But we can always dream.

Until then, I’ll just repent for being so angry at the guy that couldn’t empty his pockets. “Forgive me Jesus for being so angry at the guy that couldn’t empty his pockets….even though he was an idiot.”

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