Why are people that travel so stupid? I really do wonder that whenever I travel. So often I hear people getting into the stupidest conversations about things, and I can’t help but listen in. There’s something about stupidity that both intrigues and repels me. I’ll be perfectly blunt. I don’t like stupid people, and I’m not the best at dealing with them. However, whenever I travel, I don’t have a choice.
Today, after arriving at the airport for my flight out of RDU, I proceeded to be herded like cattle through the security checkpoints. Though inconvenient, I understand that I have no choice, but I still reserve the right to be irritated by the whole process. This is especially true when dealing with people who move at the pace of retarded, turtle-like molasses (I’m sorry if I’ve offended any retarded people, turtles, or molasses). What’s so hard about emptying your pockets into a bin and walking through a metal detector? From what I’ve seen, a lot for some people. To compound problems, you have people who don’t like to check anything and, instead, bring their entire life’s possessions onto the plane! These people take even longer to get through security than the people who have trouble just emptying out their pockets since they need about forty-thousand bins for all their crap. In the future, I think I will be carrying my disintegrating, ray gun and zapping them along with their luggage to make the whole process move along a little quicker. Then I’ll have a party with silly string; I really love that stuff.
So after making it through security, I thought I was through with all the craziness. Nope. I was “fortunate” enough to get stuck next to one of those people who carries her entire life’s possesions onto the plane with her. I really don’t understand what drives these people to bring all that freaking luggage onto the plane! Afterall, you’re already packed into the plane like sardines. Why cramp yourself even more and make enemies of those you have to sit next to. I can at least say she did’t fall into that category of individuals who incessantly talk on their cell phone while waiting for the flight to leave.
Other than these few issues, the rest of my travels were uneventful, and I even managed to get some programming done while on the plane. I was actually surprised that I didn’t fall asleep as that’s my typical airplane pastime.
From over a decade of continuous travel, I’ve come to the conclusion that most people are stupid to begin with… you just notice it more when you travel.
Fortunately, I only have four more trips left this year, which is two less than the same period last year. That’s a full 1/3 less stupidity! Needless to say, I’m quite happy about the prospect of a stupid-free holiday.
Oh God. I have to fly to Kansas City tonight from O’Hare. I was already dreading it, but now… I am getting nightmares of past flights!
I am sorry that you came to the conclusion right now that peeple are stupid. Unfortunately a person is smart, on their own people can be quite amusing, yet for some reason when you put them together in a group they seem to lower their IQ’s for each minute they stay together. Sad thing, but regrettably true.
Tanya: I don’t know about your last statement. I think it requires some modification. I’d say it’s more like not all persons are smart, but some are. Then I’d say that when in groups stupid people get even stupider.