I've been comfortable with airports since I was young, likely due to taking my first international flight before I was even a year old, and then taking flights almost every year after that. I have 20 years of experience flying places. However, my experience at SeaTac this time around was a little odd and I have some things that caught my attention. 1. The water fountain near my gate was extremely aggressive about its job. Anytime anyone used it, it would gurgle like an angry river through a speaker set under it. It could be heard from 10 feet away, even with the noise of people rushing down the hallway while wheeling suitcases. One man filled three blender bottles and had people eyeing him and the fountain every time. 2. An old lady sat at my gate with me for twenty minutes. She was patiently waiting for a wheelchair that she had paid for and reserved multiple months ago. She watched others get taken to gates in their wheelchairs and hoped they would call her name soon. Finally, with ten minutes to boarding, she wobbled over to the staff at the gate and they informed her that her name was not on the list for wheelchairs. Eventually they flagged down one of the electronic carts and she was taken to her gate. 3. As a short person, I take luggage out of the overhead bins at a weird, apparently concerning angle. While I felt that I had the situation under control, one man asked if I needed any help and another put his hand out to block it from falling should I lose my grip. A baby sat across the aisle, playing happily in her dad's lap while he too watched my movements. When I got my (fairly light) suitcase to the ground successfully, the concern hadn't left any of their eyes.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
July 2020
Categories
All
|