Dateline: Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport

As I sit in the Atlanta Airport, courtesy of Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) not being able to adequately maintain their aircraft, I have realized how rude some people are. Delta was nice enough to provide these Relax and Recharge stations where you can plug in your laptop, do a little work, and recharge your computer batteries, all of which I tried to do. But, I had one person, a youth I believe is the currently accepted term, come in and plug in his CD player. No problem, hey save his CD’s batteries too but did he have to play his crappy rap music so loud that I could it from the other end of the table through his headphones? I tried to move but the other table was occupied by a girl talking up a storm on her cell phone. Okay, no problem, I don’t mind her talking (I’m not in a library after all) but does she have to be so loud and animated?

I decided to stay where I was and bank on the “youth’s” inability to stay in any one place too long. I banked correctly and he left soon thereafter. I thought things were going well until another girl came in with her laptop, set it up and put in a DVD. This time I really had no problem hearing it because she did not even bother with headphones, she played so we could all share in her poor taste of movies.

Well, I composed the letter to ASA, it is quite a letter, and there is a loud crying child nearby (if I were his age I would be crying too!) so I guess I’ll go spend ASA’s $7.00 voucher.