If you have ever spent more than 30 minutes in an airport in your lifetime – and trust me, if you have ever flown anywhere – then you can identify more than half of the people on this list. If you can't identify these people and you spend a significant amount of time in airports, then I would suggest getting your head out of your phone long enough to take a look around, because they are the best places for people watching.
1. The Business Travelers.
These are your most common airport goers that you see. In business attire, on their phones, on their computers, going on and on. You don't want to get in their way, because they will somehow find a passive-aggressive way to get around you and huff about it the whole time.
2. The Mom With 8 Kids Who Doesn’t Know How To Handle Them.
Seems to me like everyone who likes to travel, also likes to have lots of kids. And not realizing that having lots of kids makes traveling a lot harder, not only for you, but the rest of us too, makes almost everyone around you want to murder you and your unruly children.
3. The College Kid Either Going To or Coming From School.
You can spot them from a mile a way, and maybe that's just me because, you know, I am a college kid. But the sorority girl sporting her letters, the scruffy guy sporting "whatever university" sweats, or the overachiever that wants to look like they have their life together but still looks too young to actually know how to "adult."
4. The Go-Go-Go-ers.
They know where they are going and will mow you down if you get in their way. I can honestly say that I am one of those people, I have a destination in mind and I will weave my way through the masses so that I can get where I'm going as quickly and efficiently as possible. These are also considered the business travelers that are actually traveling for leisure.
5. The Wino’s.
These people are harder to spot. Their go-to place is the bar. They go through security and head straight there, to get their first or second glass of the day. The need to be slightly less than sober to be able to deal with the stress of being on an airplane. Watch out.
6. The Teens Traveling on Their Own For the First Time.
These kids have wide eyes and look like they're lost. Don't panic though, they will find their way. And most of them will go all "angsty teen" on you if you even try to help them. Sometimes they cry, sometimes it's funny. If you are going to laugh, do it covertly.
7. The Retired Old Couple.
I absolutely hate the retired old people. They think they're better, because they've lived longer. They think that because they're retired they have some sort of entitlement to not have to travel with "normal people." Do not engage! I have been yelled at, hit with canes and walkers and called an ungrateful child just for trying to help. They are going somewhere, anywhere to get away from the lull of their lives. Probably to visit their children who don't actually want them to visit, but want some time away from their own children.
Now this is not a complete list, you may have some others, but these are the basics. Watch, listen and laugh (safely) to enjoy maximum reading experience.
