Humanity at the Airport
What do you think of when you contemplate going somewhere via plane? Long lines at the airport, going through TSA, expensive food, and flight delays may come to mind. I encounter a lot of folks who dread going to the airport for those and other reasons, one of which being that they might have to interact with people. I relish in those opportunities with others. In fact, I think that you can see and learn a lot about human emotion, our strengths and weaknesses at the airport. I enjoy watching people jockey to get in a better position to board the plane first, only to find out that everyone has to wait anyways. I get a kick out of how people still try to bring bottled water that they just bought through the TSA checkpoint and then they try to down a liter all at once. I sit and wonder what people who are wearing headphones are listening to, and sometimes I overhear conversations that I wish I wasn't hearing. I begin to miss my children when I see little kids getting exc