While scanning CNN.com today I saw an article title ?What irritates business travelers.? Other than ?David Dobrindt gets the lead opposite Nicole Kidman in next Oliver Stone movie?, I don?t think any headline would have captured my attention more than the CNN one. So I read the article. The thing I have always said I hate more than traveling, the thing I fear more than anything including crashing, is not having a place to put my luggage overhead. People who bring on huge bags stuffed with crap and cram them in the overheads bug me more than the voice of Fran Dresher. The article starts with this?
<i>?When it comes to annoying business travelers, a number of topics top the list, including those who stuff oversized pieces of luggage into overhead lockers and the long lines for airport security.?</i>
I have never heard it called a locker mainly because it doesn?t lock but I get the point. For me, the security lines don?t really bother me. It?s kind of like getting angry at traffic. No use in wasting energy. It might be wrong, but you can?t fault stupid people. Security lines are what they are, and you just have to know to get there early and be patient. People do stupid, rude and inconsiderate things all the time when it comes to air travel, not just through security.
<i>?According to a new survey, these pet peeves have a greater impact on executive flyers than concerns about terrorism or flight delays.?</i>
I don?t think I am an ?Executive? flyer, but flight delays are certainly a concern of mine. But that is just me. I like to get to places on time.
<i>?Almost a third of business travelers get angry over hand luggage that should have been stowed in the hold, while crying babies were cited by 13 percent.? </i>
I am fine with crying babies because I bet the parent is more embarrassed than anyone else. If the parent is trying to keep the little brat quiet, then not much else you can ask for. It?s part of life. If the parent is letting the kid kick the seat in front and run amok, then both parent and kid should be forced to sit in the bathroom.
<i>?Temperatures also rise when executives find out that other passengers paid less for their tickets (19 percent).?</i>
This I don?t get because chances are if you are flying for business than every non business traveler is paying less. Usually a client is paying for travel or it is written off as a business expense so why worry.
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?Twenty three percent of business travelers also said that being on the road had a negative impact on their work-life balance.? </i>
Only 23%. How is this possible? Is the sample pool used for this survey 23-year old single men with no home city or town? Unless you hate your house, how does traveling NOT have a negative impact?
<i>?The biggest irritation for Canadian business travelers were those who disturbed them by not letting them work, sleep or read on a trip.?</i>
Who cares about Canada? How about these stats? 78% of David Dobrindt hates zone seating. Or 93% of David Dobrindt wishes upgrades were more easily obtained. Or 100% of David Dobrindt wishes I had access to a corporate jet.
The article was ok but needs more anecdotal evidence like ?they should teach TSA workers not to look at each bag-scan monitor like they were studying an x-ray looking for a hairline fracture.? Jesus, train those people or write better scanning software to pick up objects that might be bad. There HAS to be a better way to get people through those security lines without making everyone take off their shoes, belts, earrings, watches, girdles, jackets, pocket protectors, tie clips, pants, glasses, hats, hearing aids, underwear and socks. And the agents should be allowed to overwrite the stupid zone so that if I get stuck in a shitty zone and I ask for my same seat but in a better zone, they could do it if they felt like it. And another thing, ticket agents and gate agents and flight attendants should realize that CUSTOMERS are the ones that keep their airline in business so they should TRY, as hard as a concept as it might appear, to act like they care.
But enough about me. How are you?
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