Most of you that know me know that I have to travel pretty far to get to my northern homeland (Ohio). Sometimes if I have a travel partner, I'll drive the 10 hours to get home. But, usually I end up flying. Let me preface this by saying: if you've never flown out of a major aiport before, you should do it just for the experience. It's truly life changing. Now, some people have had even crazier experiences at the airport than I have and I would love to hear about them. For now, I'll go through some of the craziest things I've encountered at the aiport.
1.) A (very very serious about his practice) yogi. He was seriously sitting on a bench outside of baggage claim. As someone who really enjoys practing yoga, I can't help but think that doing yoga in a hectic airport is super inefficient. Anyways, it's not my place to criticize his yoga practice, but it was crazy to see him sitting on that bench meditating.
2.) A bunch of wiener dogs! Really it was only two, but when you're at the aiport and not prepared to see wiener dogs, it seems pretty crazy.
3.) Recently, I saw a woman who broke all the rules of fashion. ALL THE RULES. She was wearing a gray-on-gray Victoria's Secret Pink Brand Sweat Suit. But, it was like 3 sizes too small. She also had some really "nice" bleach blonde hair and extensions that totally blended in with her real hair. Add to that some super natural false eyelashes and a spray tan that matched her skin tone perfectly. Need I say more?
4.) When I go to the airport, headphones become a necessity. Usually I read a book or magazine and I'm perfectly happy in my own little world. Well, this summer as I was reading and listening to music, this 17 year old guy came up and sat right next to me! If you're at all familiar with the unwritten rules of airport etiquitte, you know that sitting in the seat directly next to someone you don't know is a no-go. It's usually safe to sit at least one seat away. Well this guy sat next to me, and asked what I was reading and listening to music (mind you, another unwritten rule is that if someone is wearing headphones, they do not wish to be spoken to). THEN he had the nerve to ask my name! I told him, and I asked him what his name was too (just to be polite) and do you know what he said? He said "It's on a need to know basis." REALLY. So anyways, 17 year old boys at the airport are weird. Also, he asked to borrow my cell phone. No.
5.) People that talk on their bluetooth earpiecs. They sorta look like robot-people talking to themselves. It's okay, though. I'm pretty sure I was that weird person yesterday actually. I was using my headphones to talk to my mom on the phone. The ladies sitting next to me were looking at me like they thought I was talking to them, and they were sort of staring at me because it definitely looked like I was talking to myself, just like the robot people. Honestly though, I kind of thought it was funny because they looked silly staring at me. I was that weird person at the airport and it was awesome.
So, with that being said, you'll see weird people wherever you go. Sometime's you'll even be the weird person. But mostly at the airport. Next time you run into those people, give them a silent "rock-on" for doing their weird thang.
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