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There Are Two Types of Airport People
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1174" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/psychological-reason-people-are-late-airport/590500/" target="_blank"><strong>There Are Two Types of Airport People - The Atlantic</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Some travelers love being late. </strong></p><p></p><p>It’s not hard to spot people about to miss a flight. They’re weaving between on-time travelers at a speed somewhere between a power walk and a sprint, or they’re elbow-dancing their way to the front of the TSA line to plead their case for immediate screening. They look panicked, maybe red-faced. Their suitcase’s wheels probably won’t cooperate for portions of their journey, sending it flailing behind them as they move as quickly as their new vacation sandals allow. </p><p></p><p>Because I’m a compulsively early person, I’ve always assumed the other people trucking through the airport were doing their best to be on time, even if their best was different from my own (superior) best. Why would anyone look at an experience as expensive and anxiety-inducing as flying and want to make it a little bit riskier? </p><p></p><p>Some chronically late people do, of course, intend to be on time. But a smaller group of frequent fliers heads into air travel with lateness as the goal, relishing the thrill of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. “I just really live for the feeling of literally running through the airport barefoot because you didn’t have time to put your shoes on after security, and your laptop is in your hand because you didn’t have time to put it back,” says my colleague Ellen Cushing, a senior editor at <em>The Atlantic</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1174, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/psychological-reason-people-are-late-airport/590500/'][B]There Are Two Types of Airport People - The Atlantic[/B][/URL] [B]Some travelers love being late. [/B] It’s not hard to spot people about to miss a flight. They’re weaving between on-time travelers at a speed somewhere between a power walk and a sprint, or they’re elbow-dancing their way to the front of the TSA line to plead their case for immediate screening. They look panicked, maybe red-faced. Their suitcase’s wheels probably won’t cooperate for portions of their journey, sending it flailing behind them as they move as quickly as their new vacation sandals allow. Because I’m a compulsively early person, I’ve always assumed the other people trucking through the airport were doing their best to be on time, even if their best was different from my own (superior) best. Why would anyone look at an experience as expensive and anxiety-inducing as flying and want to make it a little bit riskier? Some chronically late people do, of course, intend to be on time. But a smaller group of frequent fliers heads into air travel with lateness as the goal, relishing the thrill of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. “I just really live for the feeling of literally running through the airport barefoot because you didn’t have time to put your shoes on after security, and your laptop is in your hand because you didn’t have time to put it back,” says my colleague Ellen Cushing, a senior editor at [I]The Atlantic[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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