Tales of Travel

I did a fair bit of traveling over the last month, and here are a few of my observations:
WestJet - Thank goodness some people know how to run an airline. I discovered later that automatically assigning seats to families is a novel approach to making people happy.
Vancouver Island RCMP - Where are you? Do you know that everyone travels a minimum of 15km/h faster than the posted limit on the hiways? You could be raking in the dough, but apparently you're just eating it. In 5 days and two trips between Comox and Nanaimo, I saw just one police car.
Where to shop on boxing day? Home Depot. There were no big sales but the weren't any people either. I was in and out in less time than it would normally take to walk down a couple of aisles.
America West Airlines - Oh dear... where do I start? Maybe you should visit the WestJet folks? 45 min. to checkin 20 people; pathetic. Baby tax? Get real. When you were 5 do you think you might have wanted to sit beside at least one of your parents for a 3 hour flight? Could you not have clued into this fact when you were checking the 5 year-old and her parents onto the flight? Thank-you to the friendly travelers who realized something you didn't and agreed to switch seats. How about telling everyone on the flight that you need to stamp their passports prior to letting them on the plane? This might have prevented the mad rush that required you to bring agents from other gates to get everyone on the flight in time.
US Customs Agents - Could you smile? Just a little? No I guess not. Are you really on a power trip or do you just hate your job? Maybe you just like being miserable to people. You could at least say "hello" and "have a nice trip".
Cheap T-Shirts - What does it actually cost to make a t-shirt? If you can sell 10 for $20 does it really make you money?
Raw Coconut - It tastes awful, really. I'm sure if it was all you had to eat it would be fine. But don't be fooled into thinking it'll taste like the stuff on a cream pie.
Americans and Their Cars - I always hear a lot about the relationship American's have with their cars, but really people, I think it's a little unhealthy. When you live in a rundown shack but drive a $40k car your priorities seem a little skewed to me. Don't get me wrong, I am a car fanatic. Maybe it's because I don't live some place where it is warm all year round so I value my warm house a little more than having the coolest car on the block.

Now that I'm back home I hope to get writing a little more (famous last words...)