MNL was a genuine scream.

Some of the arrivals, baggage recover an inspection, security processing etc. were as if they had been designed by children in second grade.

When we were checking in for CX (they decided to put us on an earlier flight) I was separated from my wife on departure for processing at security, and I was put into a short queue. My wife was denied the ability to joined me and was stuck in a lengthy queue, regardless of her request to join me and showing them her boarding pass for a flight that was scheduled to depart quite soon.

In the end we arrived at the gates in time to board - but barely. In my opinion, my wife was ignored and looked down upon by some of the staffers here because of her gender.