Pardon The Interruption For A Rant.

I wrote up the below post while on my flight home on Friday.  I got caught up over the weekend with family stuff and never posted it.  I almost was not going to and then I decided I would but edit out the language.  Then I thought that you readers deserved a little insight to the mind of the Mad Man and see how I really felt about what was happening.  So below is the unedited version of my flight back from the West Coast. ……………………..

 Normally I don’t go off on these wild, rage filled rants but God Damn it I am pissed.  Let me go back a few moments to earlier this morning as I was getting ready to fly back home.  Everything was going well this morning, the weather was looking nice from my departure site and my arrival site and I was even the first in line dropping off my rental car.  Life was good up until that point.  Then it all spiraled downhill from there. 

I come to find out that the TSA flagged me for extra security screening.  That is not really a big deal.  I understand why, and I support the need to keep flying as safe as possible.  I am happy to do my part and be patient.   

Here though is where it really begins.  This flight that I was on was packed full.  Not a seat to be spared.  As a passenger, I do my part, making sure that I follow directions and I have my one carry on luggage and a briefcase, laptop bag or purse as my additional item.  I DID NOT HAVE A PURSE, BY THE WAY.  I had my carry on and my laptop bag.   

There are some lofty pricks out there that believe that the rules do not apply to them.  They bring on their carry on luggage, briefcase, garment bag, laptop bag, shopping bag of snacks and their Starbucks, that’s right, your trip is not complete without your fucking Starbucks.   

And no one employed with the airlines will say anything to these assholes with all the extra luggage.  I don’t care if you are first class or economy class, the rules are the fucking rules.  Follow them.  But does it stop there?  Oh no the hell it doesn’t.  When they go to board with all their shit they have their hands so full with their luggage, laptop bag, briefcase and Starbucks that they are unable to give the ticket clerk their ticket so asshole has to hold up the line while he makes the attendant go through his jacket pocket and dig out the God Damn Ticket.   

HELLO!  TICKET LADY!  Here is your fucking opportunity to tell this prick that he has too much shit.   

Of course you all know me all to well (all 4 of my regular readers) and know that I am not one to let stupid shit like this pass by, I speak up and loudly say, “There is always one on every flight that has to hold up the line”  He shoots me an angry look but so what.  What can he do?  His hands are full. 

We board the plane and once inside we all have to wait while all the passangers that brought more than 2 items stow and secure all of their shit and they don’t even use the space under the seat in front of them.  No, the arrogant pricks have to put all of their stuff into the overhead and completely fill up the bin.  The whole line again has to wait for these pricks and expect the rest of us to wait because they can’t follow the rules and guidelines.   

I know what is going to happen once the plane lands and we are ready to disembark from the plane.  These guys are going to hold everyone up again as they gather all their items out of the overhead bins.  Assholes.  Learn to travel  within the rules.   

People piss me off.  The airlines piss me off.  The rules are made simple.  People need to follow them and the airlines need to enforce them.   

And if you are one of these arrogant, asshole pricks that just has to bring everything, including the kitchen sink as carry on, I hope you learned something from this rant.   

Thanks USAir and thanks for another wonderful flight experience. 

And thanks to the assholes that provided me the material for this posting.