BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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I will put you donwn as comfortable being herded like cattle, ran through chutes like cattle, being stalled like cattle. Has nothing to to do with “soft”. Most of us here were born and raised with lots of personal space, I cannot think of much of anything I have done that my personal space is so violated.
Some are good with no personal space, I treasure it, but I can assure you, it is not soft…
The Army transported me in a *literal* cattle car. I've lived in pretty tight quarters and showered nearly nuts to butts with some of my closest pals in uniform, so I'm not real sure you're hyperbolic notions of an airport match up to what I consider personal space needs. I have to admit this is one of the funniest posts you've made, I'm legitimately laughing at the notion that anyone who functions in modern society could view the airport experience as one vaguely like cattle.
1) I check in at a desk, kiosk, or just on my phone without human interaction depending on airline and luggage needs.
2) I go through security. I try to look super cute and molestable. I get ignored because I'm unloveable.
3) I go to a lounge or restaurant. Pull out my handy dandy lounge pass and eat and drink for free. Depending on the lounge I can get one "perk" like a cot or a massage, but generally don't.
4) Get a notice to my phone boarding will start soon.
5) Go to my gate, show a ticket, get on plane.
6) International flights tend to have decent meals. Domestic flights, meh. Which is why you eat at the lounge.
7) Get whisked through the sky as I read a book or watch television/movies in a magical metal tube that takes you to places in hours that not terribly long ago in human history took days/weeks/months to get to.
I can't imagine passing up the opportunity to see all this world has to offer because "But somebody may get close to me." or "I'll have to stand in a line." Do you panic in the grocery store line? If you're legitimately claustrophobic or have some mental aberration then I apologize. If not: