So I'm sitting in an airport in middle America ...

O'Hare's not too bad if you're in the United terminal.

Midway on the other hand has all the warmth and creature comforts of your average bus station.

 

It is a Red X on my Mac at work, but it works fine on my PC at home. I have no idea WTF is going on with it.

It's due for a change anyway.

 

C'mon, Armchair. We all know bus stations have more charm than Midway.

 

There's a racetrack next door. Quit yer bitchin.

 

Just wanted to say good luck, we're all counting on you.

 

We're back from a day of shopping at the mall.

We're a little more than an hour from scheduled take-off and we're listening to an airport worker give her life story to a fellow passenger. She said something in the vein of "IF I were given a ticket to anywhere in the world to live, I'd pick Japan." She then goes on to say she also likes China.

Among her droning, she then dropped nugget of observation -- and said it with a straight face, mind you.

"China is just like the Midwest, you know, except, like, it's all communist people."

Gotta love airport workers.

 

Yeah, especially the gate agents who weren't quite smart enough to become flight attendants...

 

Tell me, please tell me, you gave her the China theme song: da da da da da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! *Gong*

 

You're right. I humbly apologize to bus stations everywhere.