Come on people. For goodness sakes get your act together! A family of 4 with bottles of water walking towards the security line. Just what do they think will happen. Once at the point where you fil the tray they begin looking for the trash for their water without giving up their place in line and delaying 100 behind them. Then we watch in amazement as they talk, laugh, love as they begin emptying their pockets and discussing if all the junk should be zipped in their luggage or tossed in the tray. Well, of course, the luggage idea wins and the 100 behind them wait patiently as they open and reorganize their luggage. Oooops, forgot the belt. Everyone back up so I can return to my tray …… At the other end, they own the aisle as they pick up, sort, redress, pull pocket items out of the luggage. This isn’t a one off event. This is pretty much a routine when I fly. Please put everything in your personal item, before you get in the security line.
At the gate Lufthansa decided to check bag sizes. It was great fun watching irate passengers trying to cram their obviously too large carry on into the sizing bin. One guy all but climbed on top and jumped up and down on it. I cheered!
Then it got sweet. Entering the plane we were all delayed a bit so I joked with the flight attendant, “are we going to have fun on this flight?” She promises yes, and about 30 minutes into the flight she brought Champaign to ensure that I did enjoy. Me on a Basic Economy ticket sitting in steerage got comped Champaign. G-d Bless the Lufthansa staff. Hopefully she is on the flight back to Budapest tomorrow …. I will bring something for her in the event that she is. Yes, an overnight trip to Ramstein Air Base to see my son.