Holy Dogpile!
Posted on | December 17, 2010 |
Now here’s something you would never expect in the baggage x-ray line at the airport.
There I was, checking in for an early flight, 5am at Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) airport. Lo and behold! A dog that was being held under the arm of a man collecting his bags up at the exit side of the x-ray machine, dropped a couple of stinky logs right onto the carpeted floor.
Funny thing is, I don’t know how I missed stepping into the doggie doo deposit. However, several people behind me managed to step right into the piles of fresh poop. After all, who is looking at the floor while at the x-ray machine?
The offender’s owner merely offered up a single napkin that he had in his pocket to help clean up the mess. Fortunately, TSA agents came to the rescue with a roll of paper towels which were in fact hardly any help at all. Ultimately the line was then completely closed to clean up the mess. I wonder what kind of delays followed in the queue at security after that?
I did notice one good natured passenger walking in his stocking feet towards the restroom to wash off the mess from the bottom of his shoes. Fortunately the incident didn’t escalate into a heated affair with yelling, screaming, and accusatory remarks, maybe it was the early hour and people were just too sleepy.
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October 11th, 2011 @ 10:10 pm
Hi, Thank you very much for expressing “run the gauntlet of stink” and “you can see the smoke in the lobby emanating from the scent generators” and “the state of smell of chain hotels in America is absolutely abysmal.” I can relate to these descriptives and your experiences trying to find “fragrance free” nontoxic accomodations. My recent stays in hotel rooms were tantamount to torture. And, like you, I had to wash everything because of the persistence of chemical brew. Nauseating, hepatotoxic, neurotoxic: that’s how I describe these hotels, their lobbies and their rooms. But it’s a killing for the chemical industry and the manufacturers of stink. I called the Hyatt in Greenwich, CT and asked if the new “hypoallergenic” rooms are fragrance-free rooms. I got an earload of “respire.hyatt.com”
Perhaps we could start a genuinely fragrance-free, chemical-free chain for people who remember how relaxing a stay in a good hotel once had been. It seems like a long time ago. Corporate “persons” don’t breathe. But do they “respire”?
Much appreciation.