I'm coining a new term, at least I hope to; spazenger. A spazenger is the all-to-familiar can't-wait-to-wait airline passenger.
They're the ones that absolutely can't wait for the person in front of them to use the open check-in kiosk, "there's nobody using that. Are you going to use it? Look, no one's using it."
They're the ones providing the extra bins in the security gauntlet for you to place your belongings in. If you're not fast enough, they do a rope-a-dope routine trying to figure out if they can get around you without you noticing. You're obviously too slow unpacking your laptop and removing your shoes, you wouldn't possibly notice the person behind you becoming the person in front of you.
They're the ones getting to the gate before the gate agents arrive. They wonder off to burn some time returning to the gate during the pre-board boarding process. The spazenger is the one that rushes to the front of the line wondering if his section has already boarded.
The spazenger takes on many forms, a few of which I've described. Feel free to supply your own definition. If you've ever traveled, you've undoubtedly had a run-in with a spazenger.
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1 comment:
I don't fly as much, so I have less experience with 'spazengers' as you, but I sympathize with them more than I scorn them.
Air travel is a miserable experience for most people. For the most part, we can't articulate why this is, other than citing a few delayed flights, lost luggage here and there, etc.
But I think its misery-inducing quality lies in the fact that by taking advantage of air travel's obvious conveniences, we put ourselves at the mercy of the airlines, the TSA, air traffic control, the weather...
I don't dismiss the spazengers or their anxiety. There's something important in it: the paradox of technology, of trading freedom for convenience.
Nice blog, by the way!
Nathan
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