Friday 27 March 2015

Airport Bug List


  1. Lost Baggage
  2. Time taken to retrieve bags from baggage claim
  3. Standing at baggage claim not knowing if your bag is going to turn up in a minute or if it's lost somewhere on the other side of the country
  4. Cost of parking
  5. Cost of a taxi to the airport
  6. Cost of catching public transport
  7. Catching public transport with several large suitcases/any luggage.
  8. Queues, the length thereof and the waiting therein. 
  9. Rude passengers
  10. Delays, when you're already late
  11. The good advice that you just didn't take.
  12. Cancelled flights and having to get on another flight
  13. Cancelled flights and having to get a hotel room for the night because the next flight isn't until the next day
  14. Cancelled flights and having to pay more to get on another flight to get home/to your destination in time for something
  15.  Going through the metal detectors when you suddenly realise how much jewelry you are wearing/how many metal items to have to take off.
  16. People taking a long time to go through security ahead of you
  17. No place to sit down and put shoes back on after going through security
  18. Being stuck next to a really chatty person on a long flight
  19. Having to ring all your friends and beg for a lift to the airport at 5am the next day
  20. The traffic in the pick up/drop off zone
  21. Trying to find your friend who is picking you up/who you are picking up
  22. Terrible passport photos (why can't we smile?)
  23. The options for food at the airport
  24. The cost of food at the airport
  25. Trouble finding a good cup of coffee at the airport
  26. The lack of clear options for public transport to/from the airport in the airport
  27. Difficulties with language barriers
  28. Long stop overs with little to do
  29. Finding a charge point for your electronics
  30. Not having anything to do during medium length stopovers - too short to go explore the city, to long to just mull around
  31. Having to throw away items because your bags were too heavy
  32. Having to pay high costs just to take an extra bag/more weight on the flight