In my life I have travelled to a fair few places around the world and survived. However airports were never my finest hour. (see below for my first passport picture and you can maybe guess why the first 10 years were the hardest).
But in reality the airport experience is leaving me increasingly stressed and frustrated with airline collapses, delays, lost luggage, confusion, cancellations, lengthy queues and strict security procedures seriously fecking with my patience. Confusing signage and boards and airport parking also get right up my nose.
But it"s not just the airport experience that causes me problems at a time when I am meant to be heading away from the stresses of everyday life. I fret about getting all documentation together, I worry about arriving where I need to be on time and getting anyone else organised messes with my head.
What is so hard about shortening queues, reducing delays, speeding up the time it takes to go through security, better airline organisation and more seating areas at the airport.
I know that airport frustrations can"t always be avoided, and I should get everything together a few days in advance to ensure that I leave ample time to get where I need to be. However the people that run the airports could meet me halfway with courtesy and politeness and not talk to me as if they are chewing a wasp.
In this day and age of cost cutting and cut throat competition good customer facing manners cost feck all and go a long way. I am so fed up with some of the regular so called budget airlines that I now pay the extra few pound to fly with other mainstream carriers.
Rant over.......
