Has a year passed already? Although a young community, Flyertalk is steeped in tradition. One of our cherished traditions is to cyberly gather at the end of each year and play Humiliation to expose ourselves to ridicule. And, with so many new Flyertakers, there is so much more opportunity for ridicule.

The game is played by sharing your worst travel related error or miscalculation. Examples might include: forgetting to pack your suit for that job interview; getting arrested by TSA for an off-handed joke; flying a million miles before enrolling in a frequent flyer program; crashing your rental car into your bosses new BMW at a sales’ meeting. I fondly recall last year’s champion who, unable to convince security that her sweater was outerwear, passed the metal detector in only a bra. For some reason, stories that include female nudity or semi-nudity seem to score very high.

Previous incarnations of this game can be viewed at:

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...ht=Humiliation

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...ht=Humiliation

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...ht=Humiliation

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...ht=Humiliation


Humiliation is traditionally played in the Community Forum instead of OMNI because it is an old-fashioned parlor game. And, as in all games, a winner is declared. So, I ask for Moderator Indulgence, and that the game be allowed to play out in its historical forum.

This year, the Humiliation Board of Trustees has expanded the game to include not only your biggest travel faux pas, but the biggest travel stupidity that you have witnessed by others. This means that you can nark on your associates as well as out yourself. Most importantly, there will be not one winner, but two, and we all know how important winning is.