7. Rookies mistake the cockpit door
for the bathroom door.
8. Rookies do not start reading
American Way from the back, at Jim
Shahin's
column.
9. Rookies do not know how to clear their
ears during descent.
10. Rookies aren't upset when they're
assigned a middle seat. -
David Fenstermacher,
Media, Pennsylvania
10. Look for a passenger stuffing paper
department-store bags into an overhead bin.
9. Look for the traveler who tries to go
through security with a large cowboy belt buckle.
8. Look for a passenger who has a middle
seat and actually asks you to switch your aisle seat with him.
7. Look for a hotel guest who relies on the
hotel's wake-up call.
6. Look for an airline passenger who thinks
that "all overhead space" means "all mine."
5. Look for a passenger in an airport who's
pulling out clothes in the check-in line because his bag weighs 80
pounds.
4. Look for a hotel check-in guest who does
not have a room at 11 p.m. because no late arrival was guaranteed.
3. Look for a greenish cruise-ship
passenger who had no idea that the ship might rock.
2. Look for a passenger stepping out of a
taxi who has no cash or credit card.
1. And, finally, look for a passenger who
asks you for a pillow just because you're a woman wearing a navy
suit. -
Patricia Conover, McKinney, Texas
10. Checks his luggage. (If you
can't cram two weeks of clothing in a carry-on, you are not
trying!)
9. Looks around when disembarking. (A pro
knows where the exits are!)
8. Stays awake the whole flight. (Pros find
engine noise so soothing that it's impossible to resist taking a
nap.)
7. Lips don't move along with the flight
attendants' when they make the preboarding announcements.
6. Forgets to remove shoes at security.
5. Doesn't spring for the
GPS system in his
rental car.
4. Leaves at least one item of his standard
entertainment package at home (iPod, book, DVDs, smartphone with
games).