Travel advisory

Not sure about Midway, but a lot of hotels around O'Hare have "Park and Fly" packages.. you pay a certain amount to stay the night and it includes a week or two of parking.. I did this at a Super 8 near O'Hare about a year and a half ago and it was about $100.

 

Wife travels for business. She is more anal-retentive than me, a lot more. Still problems no matter how much she plans. Comes home late last night looking ready to kill. Fucking kids behind her kicked her seat all trip. It's hell no matter what you do. Unless you do what I do, pop one of my wife's Ambiens just before takeoff and it's dreamland for the rest of the trip. Why she won't do this herself, I don't know.

 

bydesign, i don't know what airport you work at but HURRY THE FUCK UP. i've been waiting half an hour for my fucking luggage already. ;D (i'm kidding)

 

Or, about eight beers.

 

Apparently, we're installing a new luggage system in Atlanta to speed up the process.

and IJAG, I know what you mean about the terminal. But Delta has redone their side and it looks really nice now. At least that area.

 

Still have the fucking singing sinks?

 

I don't know, but the MARTA station at five points have automatic toilets that play music and talk to you. A weird experience

 

.... what the hell does a toilet say to you, that's even remotely appropriate, when you're droppin' a duece?

 

Thanks for dropping by?

 

Maybe an R.Kelly song at the urinal.

 

Up until recently, you could apparently get some sexual gratification at the restrooms near the MARTA station at the airport in Atlanta. Seems the men's room was a hot spot for hide the sausage hookups.

http://www.airportbiz.com/web/online/Airport-News/Airport-Chief-Warns--Sex-in-the-Stalls-Unwelcome/4$12153

 

IMO it's because there is no defined "line" once you are at a kiosk.

People in line assume once they reach the front, they will be attended to.

Once you have checked in at a kiosk, you are in no-man's land. You're out of line and have to count on one of the people behind the desk finding you and attaching the sticker to your bag.

Of course, they always do find you. But at those crazy holiday times when all hell seems to be breaking loose, it can be pretty unsettling to be standing there out of line hoping someone will see the "BTExpress/LAX-ORD" sticker and come out and look for me.