Just Remember, Cell Phone Cameras Are Everywhere
And a PSA, folks, you're supposed to get to the airport early:
The middle-aged woman was seen charging at a security guard at the departure gate, before screaming “aieyyahhhhh,” at the top of her lungs in a rant that lasts about three minutes.The woman, sprawled on the ground, was seen wailing. An elderly man travelling with her tried to pull her to her feet but she shouted in Cantonese: “I want to go, I want to go.”
Cathay Pacific said it had already closed the aircraft’s doors and had offloaded the woman’s baggage, and so was unable to allow her to board the flight to San Francisco. [...]
In 2006, another sensational outburst by a tense Hong Kong man captured the imagination of many people in the fast-paced Asian financial capital.
The middle-aged man, who chastised and swore at a youngster in a six-minute-long diatribe aboard a double decker bus, was dubbed “Bus-Uncle” and a video of the incident received close to two million hits.
His quote “I have pressure, you have pressure” became a catch-phrase and sparked outrage at the pressure that many over-worked Hong Kong citizens suffer.
As for the distraught woman at the airport, Cathay Pacific said it put her and her two travel companions on a later flight to Los Angeles, at no extra cost.
I sympathise with the woman, though. I've felt the same way at times, mainly when I run out of Premsyn PMS.
[note to self: Do not pitch a fit anywhere in public. Ever again.]
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