People who think travelators are for standing still on and spreading themselves out.
People who walk through a doorway then come to a dead stop are a hazard everywhere. Always get clear of an exit before slowing down.

So he is just once a year your elderly father?

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LCD screens smaller than my home TV (not optimal for displaying lots of text to large rooms full of anxious travelers) that are positioned so that crowds of people congregate to squint at the information right in the path of people who are trying to move through the terminal.

People who block travelators and escalators. They aren't Disneyland rides...

People who sprawl out on the floor in the gate area with no consideration for those trying to maneuver around them. This past week I was on a very crowded (and delayed) flight out of BOS and nearly tripped over a young man who had made a sleeping area for himself (complete with backpack pillow) right smack in the middle of the passageway between the seating area and the gate. He remained there until the flight began boarding.

Same flight, it was impossible to maneuver around the seating area because people had planted themselves on the floor between rows of facing seats.

Baggage carousels. People who crowd around the carousels so that you can't see your bags. And when you see your bags you can't get to them.

On that note, I'd add displays that are not sufficiently large to display all the flight departures (or arrivals), meaning that they course through two, three or even four screens every 30 seconds or so. Consequently most people are left waiting while the screen shows a whole series of flights that they are not interested in before it gets back to the display that they want. In a huge and expensive complex like a modern airport, how difficult can it be to have adequately sized screens or more than one screen at each display point?

(I'd also add that the number of people who are going to want to see flight details for a flight leaving at 22.35 when it's only eight o'clock in the morning must be tiny, yet frequently I have seen all the flights for the whole day and even for some of the next day scrawling through, many hours before they could conceivably be relevant in the departure lounge.)

I take my empty refillable water bottle through security. I want ice water during my wait and on the flight. In some airports I can go to any food concession and they will gladly fill my bottle with ice and water. In some airports nobody will give me ice and water. In that case I find a water fountain, but using it requires both hands and means I have to take my hands off my luggage - sometimes it's too risky.

HNL Commuter Terminal: There is a small stand where you can buy sandwiches (I believe it's Quizno's). They also sell bottled drinks, and will give you paper cups upon request. If you want ice, you have to go to the bar and ask for it.

Many times I've thought of doing this then pretending I didn't mean to do it, it was an accident

My sister, God love her, actually does this. Lumps of flesh that don't step back when elevator doors open to let her in or out? I've witnessed her "bump" into them. I was with her when we were waiting for an elevator door to open and a man rushed rudely in front of us. "Ladies FIRST!" she yelled, and kicked him in the shin. Yes- she actually kicked him in the shin. He called security, and located us, but security shrugged and walked off. Whew.

She's "blindly" walked into a small child who was wandering unattended. She's kicked the seat in front of her to teach someone a lesson.

Actually, come to think of it, she's kind of my hero.

Members of 'the great unwashed' that stop at the end of an escalator (or moving walkway) to figure out where they are. Meanwhile, the escalator is moving with an unending supply of bodies. I have now just walk into them - saying 'excuse me' doesn't seem to register and people behind me just keep coming.

Wow, just wow.

People who start walking backwards without looking, when in a crowded sitauation or a line. (This happens a lot on the security lines.)

Toilets.

Not enough toilet cubicles. I've had this at LGW before where they are all full in one toilet and I've had to go on a mission to find a usable one.

No toilets by the gates. Boarding is delayed and you have to negotiate your way past a checkpoint to go back to the main terminal concourse.

No toilets before immigration arrivals. I'm sure this happened to me somewhere once.

Exactly. I have no problems asking someone to move their stuff if they're willfully being rude.


That too. If you're blocking the entire hallway, I've got no problems saying, "Excuse me!" in a rather authoritative tone.


And I could not agree more. People display these behaviors because no one calls them out on it, i.e. they get away with it. When you take them to task on their rudeness, they usually back down pretty quickly because they knew what they're doing was wrong before you said something.

Terminal Peeves?

London Heathrow Terminal 5 and its lack of facilities to get a full meal landside.

On Departure level there is an Italian chain restaurant (and not one of the better examples of the chain) and a pub which serve meals. At Arrivals, there are several coffee stands and a Marks and Spencer food to go. All this is fine, until the day when you have set off to collect someone from said airport, which can be up to 4 hrs (depending on traffic) from home, and on arrival, find that the flight you're meeting is delayed!

What is more irritating is the knowledge that on the other side of security are numerous restaurants serving delicious food, and you can't get near them!