DSM to IND via ORD
I dedicate this site to writing about things that see while traveling. Things I find odd. They may be normal to others, but they are odd to me. The last few weeks, I have witnessed a few things that are, well, just plain dumb.
DUMB THING #1: I use hotel business centers a lot to prepare for upcoming meetings. These are public computers and obviously a lot of random people use them. These random people do various things on these computers. Twice in the last week, when I have sat down at one of these hotel public computers, I have noticed that the person before me did not log out of their GMAIL account. I was able to see everything about their email account. I could have easily stole their identity and lots of personal information. How do you log into a public computer and not remember to log out?
DUMB THING #2: This isn't something I witnessed recently, but a friend of mine had a unique experience with a fellow passenger who probably had to much to drink. Excessive drinking is never good. Excessive drinking in an airport is a recipe for disaster because you usually have to much time to kill. A friend of mine was recently traveling when a man who had to much to drink sat down beside her on a long flight. He began their conversation by telling her he wanted to wrestle her in a swimming pool. Drunk or not, that is never a good way to start a conversation. The inappropriate comments carried on for the duration of the long flight. Don't get DRUNK Airports, EVER!
DUMB THING #3: I recently got caught in some nasty weather in Omaha. My Wednesday flight was cancelled and United told me the first opening was FRIDAY morning. Really? I could drive from Omaha to Indy in less time than waiting that long. There were a lot of angry people that wanted to leave Omaha so badly. Did I mention Memorial Day Weekend was approaching? So the airport was busier than normal. People were yelling like crazy at the ticket agents. Like they controlled the Universe and those storms were all a part of their evil plan. Don't yell at gate agents. I admit customer service doesn't exist in the airline industry but you acting irrational is not acceptable. Everyone is cranky. The calm person usually wins here.
SMART THING#1: While driving across IL this week, I spotted the below license plate. IL is known for the amount of vanity plates per person. But this one takes the CAKE!!! This one hits home for me for lots of reasons. 1) I am PURDUE ALUM!!!! 2) My wife is an IL ALUM and grew up in IL!!!! 3) I have a few friends from IL and this will burn them up.
There is no doubt in my mind that this is the smartest person in the entire state of ILLINOIS!!!!!
Travel safe
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