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Airport Antics – You Bring That Plane Back Right Now!

When you think you’ve seen and heard it all…

Lily Lum
She Travels With a Latte
3 min readJan 8, 2025

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You may know by now that I was a flight attendant for a brief period of my life. Been there, loved it…

I also worked in the airport as a check-in agent and it was oftentimes chaotic to say the least.

During my time in the airline industry I realized, pre-security equals very stressful grumpy people. Post-security equals more relaxed, less rude and almost bearable people.

I’ve had passengers checking in that were close to tears just from the stress of the airport alone. They weren’t late, their flight wasn’t delayed, they had all their documents in order… but they would be in almost hysterics.

I remember one woman, the poor thing, I thought she was going to throw herself on the ground in a fetal position at one point. I helped get her through the check-in process gently, and she was very grateful.

I remember another time when I assisted a woman who was bitterly snapping at her family and you could feel the tension. I thought she was going to throw herself onto the ground kicking and screaming, taking her children and husband with her.

Again.. I could literally feel the stress radiating from her and her family. I – the airport…

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Lily Lum
Lily Lum

Written by Lily Lum

Mental health advocate, artist, writer and traveller! Please see my NEW Jungle Boutique at LilysJungleBoutique.etsy.com

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