Oh, but wait: the media are telling us just today that over half the population is in favor of this behavior!
I’ve noticed a definite change in the climate of air travel.
I was flying out of Atlanta on Delta a couple Sunday’s ago.
As I walked to my gate, I heard someone almost yelling about her flight being canceled or what not.
Eventually I came on a young chunky black lady, who was sitting at one of the gates, screaming (seemingly at no one in particular), about her flight being canceled.
She was literally hysterical. I was tempted to stop and film it but didn’t.
What was odd, was the fact that the staff at the desk were ignoring her, as she continued to scream.
When I got to my gate, almost at the end of the terminal, I could still hear her screaming.
I thought, I have never witnessed this kind of thing before.
Since then, I’ve noticed an increasing number of incidents like this, where by the person “acting out” was a black and female or a white college kid throwing a temper tantrum.
I’m probably not describing the incident well enough here.
In summary, it was very surreal.
It used to be that you would get dressed up to travel. Everyone was polite and accommodating. You never raised your voice or became menacing.