4 Struggles for Anyone Who Travels for Work

When I was young, I thought traveling for work would be the most exciting adventure. My dad traveled to exciting places like New York City, Berlin, and London. Only as I've begun to travel for work as an adult have I come to understand what he meant when he said, "Conference rooms look the same no matter what city you are in."

Well, if you are traveling for work once a month or more, you'll be able to relate to these travel frustrations.

1. Why must people crowd the luggage carousel like a pack of wild animals about to devour a carcass? Why?! It should be the simplest thing in the world for people to realize that if everyone stood 3 feet back and only approached the carousel when they saw their bag, then everyone could see if their bag was coming and I wouldn't feel as inclined to use my suitcase as a battering rod to everyone around me. Which I do. And I don't feel bad.

2. I pretty much always fly Southwest. I hate when people try to cut ahead of their assigned number. On the other hand, I love when the flight attendant sends them back to wait for their turn. Also, I've never seen anyone get sent back and look surprised. They always have this sheepish-grin like "Oh, teehee, I think my time and comfort is way more important than all of yours." Point being, I think they should get an assigned seat in the bathroom stall.

3. Children who kick my chair the entire ride and are sitting next to parents who pretend to be clueless. I don't know why this drives me so crazy. I love kids and I barely even care when they cry the whole time because 'what can ya do?' But what you can do about your kid kicking my chair for 2 hours straight is move them to the overhead compartment.

4. People moving my luggage around in the overhead compartment to where the compartment won't close anymore. I mean move it around and get everything to fit, but don't try to make mine look like it won't fit so the flight attendant takes off with it.

I'd say that about covers it for now. I told my friend yesterday that you know you are traveling too much when you are excited for the next issue of Southwest's 'Spirit' magazine. Haha.

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