As much as I love to travel and tour from one place to another, explore and discover new places, there are some situations which I come across in each journey of mine. These incidents are amusing, funny and leave me with a smile and I don’t even try reasoning it. There are many memories created and numerous people that I meet; some strangers who become co-travelers as they sit next to me in the aeroplane. Some who are standing in the same line as mine for the check in and are travelling for the same reason, which is for a vacation but our destinations are different.
Let’s start with the entertaining instances. The first is when people rush to the departure queue thinking that they are going to miss the flight. In spite of boarding pass already collected; they hurry as soon as the information for departure is announced. Some passengers create chaos and try to locate the people that they are travelling with. I have never understood why would a confusion be created and why would passengers think that their flight will be missed.
How can I forget when the passengers are standing for their boarding pass while checking in, and once they reach the counter, they forget their important documents and some of them carry the ticket with the travel date for the next day; the most surprising time was when the passenger had no idea how he was travelling to his destination, where was the transit from? He was a farmer going for work to the Gulf, and he knew his native language only. How would he travel without knowing a language in which he could communicate with the officials?? There are hundreds who leave the country for work every day for employment and each of them have one problem that is communication. The way these uneducated masses are spoken by the officials is disrespectful most of the times.
The next astonishing part is when passengers travelling get scared when their luggage is not seen on the conveyor belt. There are times when there has been switch between baggage while travelling, but that does not happen each time. Passengers need to wait patiently for the next lot to be put on the conveyor belt and stop panicking. The funniest bit lies when people do not recognize their bags, after picking and scrutinizing a suitcase, they keep it back on the belt. How can someone not identify their belongings?? If the model of your baggage is popular, just paste a sticker or make a distinguished mark on it.
The most annoying part while travelling is the various security checks, which is a process of immigration but carried endlessly. There are times when the metal detector is used and is just for the formality by the personnel. The accessories from belts, watches, leather shoes, jackets are scanned before the body checks are done. There are moments when the officers get angry and irritated with any question asked by the passengers.
If I am travelling alone, I am always amused by the conversations in the crowd. The unintentional overhearing of talks makes the journey more interesting as people speak loudly on their phones and interact in the highest volume with each other.
Travel is the only thing you buy, that makes you richer. As people from all over the world are travelling together irrespective of their religion, caste, color, race, travelling gets everyone under one platform.
