[Yellow_Festiva]

Was going to revive this tomorrow but may as well do it now ;)

Made several observations on my trip to Korea and Japan...

* People who have a degree in winging about anything when it isn't needed. I stayed at a hostel in Osaka, and read up on some of the reviews:
"Booked this place at the last minute, had the cheapest dorm in town but will only rate this place 2 stars out of 5 because the person at the front desk left me waiting 3 minutes" or "I had to wait 5 minutes for the shared shower and the water wasn't hot enough". Now, I have probably stayed in 50 hostels thus far and you get what you pay for... some tool knocked my Favourite hotel in Seoul because the steps were uneven.... Get over it...

* The fact that we still need to vote using century old technology...

* Finding my 'oversize' boxes at the other end of the terminal after waiting 45 minutes staring at an almost empty carousel waiting for them to emerge. Oh, they were checked in as regular baggage, were the same size as my other bag and half the weight... What fool decides they are 'oversize / excess'? Nice and safe, sitting on the floor with people walking around them...

* The fact that no body bothers to actually check your bags for correct ownership as you exit the airport. You have bark / feathers / food they will call the feds and put you away for life... would it hurt to check the stickers against your boarding pass during the same process??? In Pakistan you cannot leave the terminal until you match the sticker on your bag to the one on your boarding pass... oh, they check it TWICE...

* People that just don't read stuff. Send an email to someone to make an appointment "I'm only free W, X and Y afternoon after 3pm due to work commitments." and they reply, "Hey, don't suppose you are free Z morning at 9:30am?"...

Feel better now....