Usual carry on (no, I don’t do puns):

One (recently trained) girl operating one desk that 190 people (only a 737-800 capacity) plus luggage will have to travail. 40 mins of shuffling thru limbo, followed by a frantic dash to the second desk that another slip of a thing has condescended to open.

Once at the desk, your intelligence is further insulted by the asking of incredibly stupid & personal questions. It is then down to you to resist the almost unbearable temptation to crack wise (notorious sense of humour-free zone).

Automated express check in is the only way to go, but these are not widespread.

Failing that, what ever happened to bar codes by the way?? Can they not process us using this proven technology, and remove the need for incessant typing on ancient Wangs and fluting around with forms and tags from another era?

Recently I joined a check in queue thankfully opposite one where 4 whip-thin teenagers were trying to get 2 tandem push-bikes with loaded panniers through to the hold; the biblical scene (wailing, teeth-gnashing, garment-rending) playing out behind them was something to see.



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