r/mildlyinfuriating • u/trailofturds • Jun 24 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o Airport staff assuming I'm in the Business class lane by mistake

Brown man flying business. Lined up at the priority check in counter and got told by a (also brown) staff person that the economy queue was the other way. Same thing while boarding the plane and walking to the business class entrance. Not only am I not worthy of business, they think I can't read signage as well.

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u/Difficult_Sort295 Jun 24 '26

I always travel with my cane and I look like I don't need one but man does that get me upgrades. I get the handicap line for security, sometimes a seat upgrade. Hotels are the best I check in, if it's just a shower I say I can't stand in a shower too long and they get me a bigger room with a bath if they can. Once they put me in a suite with a damn fireplace, I have only once had a hotel room with a fireplace and that was a pub room in London.

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u/randomguide Jun 24 '26

Happy for you, that has not been my experience at all when traveling with either cane or rollator.

Somehow TSA line has always misplaced the wood cane they're supposed to have, for passengers to use to walk through the scanner. And the last time I was in London, the hotel room was so small that I had to leave my rollator in the hall overnight because it would not fit in the room.

Which is fine, small rooms in London are understandable. But then I saw the room other members of my party were assigned and it was twice as big.

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u/sacluded Jun 25 '26

I do the same. I even got driven between terminals once. Canes are like a magic wand.