I flew to Las Vegas for BlogWorld a week or so ago and of course as Murphy’s Law would have it, I forgot to pack my make-up. I stopped in at Walgreens on my way to the airport and picked up some mascara, eye-liner etc.. Then as I was driving and *cough* applying my new lipstick, I didn’t read the sign at the Orlando International Airport and parked on the wrong side of the airport. This may not be a big deal at your airport but at MCO it’s a BIG deal. I parked on the wrong side anyway because I was running out of time to catch my flight.

I get in the airport and have to walk what seems like a mile across the airport to the correct airline to print my boarding pass. 

The line was really long inside, so I went outside and asked if they could print my boarding pass for me. They said since I was not checking luggage that they could not do it for me. I asked really nice for them to make an exception because if I had to wait in the long line inside I would miss my flight. 

The baggage handler ran inside to print my ticket for me. Meanwhile I knew I should tip him but realized I only had a $20.00 bill.

He brought my boarding pass back and I thanked him. Then he asked me for a tip! Since when do people ASK for a tip. This put me off. I will tip you but if you ask for it, that makes me less likely to tip someone. I told him I only had a 20.00 dollar bill, he said that is ok I can make change.

He pulls about 4 dollars out of his pocket and realized he needed more. So he slowly walked over to someone else to get more change. 

Meanwhile I am frantically waiting because I still have to run through the airport, go through security, take the tram to the terminal and make it to my flight.

After waiting about one minute for him to find change I said, I am really sorry I have to go or I am going to miss my flight.

I thought the nerve of him to hold me up and possibly make me miss my flight because he wants a tip. 

So not only does American Airlines charge extra for each bag you check, they ask for tips! 

I think I will stick with Southwest. They are friendly, hand out free drinks and snacks (American makes you pay for snacks), they are funny and they have low fares.

Thanks, American! I realized why I like Southwest so much.  

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