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The NBA season is finally over, so now we can talk about important things like passenger luggage removal speed
Tuesday I developed what I assume will be a recurring post here out OutKick that I dubbed 'Budget Airline Brawls' because there are just that many fights on budget airlines these days that the subject deserves its own tagline. The latest brawl was over luggage removal speed, which led to me asking you guys about the psychology behind passengers in a massive hurry to get off planes like the plane is on fire and they need to escape NOW.
Drew De V. in Texas emailed in with an explanation for me on this very subject:
Luggage speed is like red light/green light speed. You sat at this light knowing at some point it was going to turn green yet you seem surprised when it does and are totally unprepared to go. So you get honks.
Same thing with luggage speed. You see the plane is stopped and the people in front of you leaving, but somehow you're surprised when everyone in front of you is gone. So now you decide to get your bags down while everyone behind you already has theirs.
2 things -
1. - People are bringing way too much stuff on a plane to avoid fees and baggage claim.
2. - spring for a reputable airline. It's worth the extra money.
Good day to you sir!
I completely agree with Drew's No. 2 take as someone who was treated by my former employer to Spirit Airlines flights from Detroit to New York City. What a treat those were, especially in the winter. But I have to disagree with Drew on the premise that people aren't prepared to grab their luggage when it's time to go. The problem is that there are three seats on each side of the plane. The person on the window is stuck in there waiting for the other two people to grab their carry-ons.
Window person gets out and is berated that they're moving too slow by the people in row 35. Buy a seat at the front of the plane, assholes. It's your fault that you're in row 35 in a massive hurry. Allow window seat person to grab their things and move along.
I'm starting to think the real problem with the airlines is that the budget airline prices allow for uncivilized dirtbags to fly and they're used to living like uncivilized losers back home. They bring that energy onto the planes and that has caused complete chaos in the skies.
That's why I'll spend the extra $100 and fly Delta. While it's not perfect, the likelihood that my flight doesn't turn into a World Star video is fairly high.
• Jon wants to weigh in on the question I posed about the age when Screencaps parents have introduced their kids to Terminator movies:
I think my experience is unique, but I'll share it with you in the hopes it helps. My boys are currently 8, 6, and 4. My 8 y/o loves dinosaurs so naturally we searched for kids dinosaur movies and found . Watch it at home as a family one night and the whole time he doesn't seem too interested. His younger brothers were engaged so when the movie ends, we're getting them ready for bed and my oldest says to me that he's scared and wants to sleep in his brother's room for the night. Fine, didn't think anything of it. Over the next week, he is up 3-4 times in the middle of the night saying he's scared.
Pretty odd since of the 3 boys, he's never had any issues sleeping through the night. We keep asking him what's wrong and his answer is the same... The movie was scary. How the hell is an animated kids movie scary?!?! Fast forward a couple months and my oldest sees a commercial for one of the new (World) movies and he is begging to watch it. Obviously, there's no chance in hell he's going to be able to handle anything like that if he can't handle T, right? Now you've got to understand this kid is obsessed with anything dinosaurs and even corrects my pronunciation of the names. I've never heard of Quetzalcoatlus, let alone do I know how to pronounce it... He does. So, we decide to show him a few clips on YouTube from the original just to gauge how he's going to react.
To our amazement, he's totally fine. Turns out the kid is just terrified of animated things but real-life-looking dinosaurs eating people and dismembering them is totally fine with him. Since then, we have watched all the and movies. His brothers are still a little young but you pretty much just have to go with the old trial and error on what they watch. Our sons are around the same age and movies are likely to be playing in the next year or so in my household. It's been fun being able to share this with him. Now if I could only get them to watch football with me! In due time, I guess.
Hey Joe!
I look forward to your article every morning to get me going out here in Utah! Saw your question on the movies and had to share my experience. My wife and I separated back in December and as part of my commitment to the kids, I decided to take a half-day every week and take my boy skiing. We'd never gone in the first 13 years of his life and it was time I quit working so damn much and spend more time with him.
Fast forward to your question, every Wednesday after we got done night skiing, we'd head on over to whatever he had a hankering for, whether it was burgers, chicken wings, or even the pizzeria I'm a part-owner in, and we'd head back to my apartment and throw on an old 80's action movie.
We totally loved watching , , , and I hope he remembers it as much as I will. I'm already getting , , , etc. ready for this upcoming ski season!
Keep up the great work!
Hey, Joe! I really enjoyed the Zoom on Saturday and hope you will be on them more frequently. I look forward to it!
How did the playoff games go Saturday?
Lastly, if you ever decide to come south for a family vacay, this is the spot I was driving back from on Saturday during the call.
one of those dads