Last Monday Ronni Bennet at Time Goes By described a nightmare trip home on an airline. The whole tone of her post was just the opposite of yesterday’s post here. It was primarily complaining about the airlines. I suppose I wouldn’t have minded so much if she had at least taken some responsibility for her feet hurting. It had been her choice to wear impractical shoes.
I posted the following comment:
“The airlines are in trouble, so I’m afraid things are not going to get better soon. They’ve been downsizing and the workers are stressed, so don’t expect much catering. I keep thinking of J. K. Rowling’s, ‘Have a stout heart. The worst is yet to come.’
My husband and I won’t fly any more. We can live without it and have too much respect for our dignity.
I’m not sure I agree with your statement:
‘As the population ages in the coming years, air transportation must be improved for those who are slower or disabled.’ I’m only a couple of years older than you and can still remember the time when flying was not an entitlement. I’m not convinced it should be today. We all might be better off if we simplified our lives and reduced our expectations/demands.
In the meantime, good luck! I hope you wear more sensible shoes next time. When I used to travel as part of my work about 20 years ago, we always wore running shoes at airports. Even then we expected long walks and having to run to catch planes.”
I’m not saying we should never try to change things, but somehow complaining out of a sense of entitlement doesn’t work for me. I want to be doing something constructive to make this world a better place, not just demanding that other people do it for me.
