People are literally crying about a little snow delaying flights at Heathrow. Crying because they have to sit in the terminal and wait for flights to resume, like they are victims of a heinous atrocity.
We're a world of whiners.
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I haven't watched the news piece you link to, but be fair. For example people have been stranded for days all because 5 inches of snow fell at Heathrow. That's all. 5 inches. You'd think the world's busiest international airport might be able to deal with that.
BAA is a joke - taken over by a foreign company that knows nothing about running airports but knows how to make a buck or two by making an airport into a shopping mall and screw the airlines.
Tom
True, but Heathrow can't be fixed without tearing out a whole neighborhood. The airport property is simply too small. I've been through there once and it's not a very attractive neighborhood, but I understand the people there don't want to see their homes torn up.
This wasn't necessarily a jab at Heathrow, it was a jab at how soft we've become.
Tragedy in 90% of the world is watching your child starve to death or enslaved or massacred. In western society it is having to borrow a hair straightener or delayed holiday flights.
Not only are we whiners, but it was amazing how many angry and sullen people were shopping for groceries at lunchtime, wow. So much for the spirit of the season. Good lord.
I think we are a nation of people who cannot handle an iota of frustration...such as going to the supermarket and waiting for an elderly lady to pick out a loaf of bread without making a damn scene about trying to get around her in an aisle packed with 48 carts.
I was patiently waiting for this woman and I swear to god, I thought the woman behind me was going to use her cart to shove me past her. There were already three other carts around us, so we were blocked in in both directions
there was nothing to do but wait... god forbid!
I couldn't help but think that it would be quite the inconvenience if those JIT store shelves were ever empty.
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