Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Travel Points
Several other things deserve mentioning from this trip.
First of all, who the hell does United think their kidding with this red carpet for first class passengers in the boarding area? Is this really supposed to enrich people's flying experience? Will it make getting accidentally kneed in the groin by a lady trying to wedge her guitar case into the overhead compartment that much more glamorous? I mean, maybe if the lady is Hilary Swank.
Second, I am amazed by the number of hotels immediately surrounding the Baltimore airport. There must have been twenty. And very little else. Just a single Ruby Tuesday's, that was too far to walk to from our hotel. If only the front desk clerk who looked like Elena Kagan had told us about the free shuttle (for any place within five miles) a bit earlier in the day.
Third, tipping etiquette needs to get about ten times clearer pronto. The guy who ran the cab stand at the airport actually got kind of snippy with me because he was apparently expecting a tip. You want a little something for pointing me to cab that followed signs to line up in front of you, really? You didn't even touch the bags, for God's sake.
Finally, did you know that Maryland has its own heavy metal festival? You wouldn't think that of Maryland, would you? At least not until your plane was full of Ozzy lookalikes on the much-delayed flight back from Chicago....
Several other things deserve mentioning from this trip.
First of all, who the hell does United think their kidding with this red carpet for first class passengers in the boarding area? Is this really supposed to enrich people's flying experience? Will it make getting accidentally kneed in the groin by a lady trying to wedge her guitar case into the overhead compartment that much more glamorous? I mean, maybe if the lady is Hilary Swank.
Second, I am amazed by the number of hotels immediately surrounding the Baltimore airport. There must have been twenty. And very little else. Just a single Ruby Tuesday's, that was too far to walk to from our hotel. If only the front desk clerk who looked like Elena Kagan had told us about the free shuttle (for any place within five miles) a bit earlier in the day.
Third, tipping etiquette needs to get about ten times clearer pronto. The guy who ran the cab stand at the airport actually got kind of snippy with me because he was apparently expecting a tip. You want a little something for pointing me to cab that followed signs to line up in front of you, really? You didn't even touch the bags, for God's sake.
Finally, did you know that Maryland has its own heavy metal festival? You wouldn't think that of Maryland, would you? At least not until your plane was full of Ozzy lookalikes on the much-delayed flight back from Chicago....
