It’s scarcely the new year and I’m already crabby (okay, fine, I’m always crabby). Besides finding the holiday season itself stressful for a number of reasons (the forced joviality, the Christmas songs playing non-stop, the commercialism, the dull parties, time spent with relatives), I also find holiday-related travel annoying and rant-worthy.
Too often, tickets don’t arrive in the mail as they should, which leads to me having to make calls and enquiries and sometimes to having to buy new tickets, which may or may not be reimbursed. And trains, buses, and planes are always very crowded, frequently with people eating smelly food and talking loudly, and these people may not have showered recently either. Then the staff at airports and on planes are generally rude, snapping at customers (including at me, because I dared to order a vegetarian meal). I somehow always manage to arouse suspicion when going through customs as well, perhaps because I have dual citizenship, live outside my native country, and travel a lot.
All told, it’s an exhausting and frustrating time of the year, and it has left me with a headache. But the good news is that it’s over now. At least for the next dozen months!
--Curly
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