Travel

If you are an American reading this - pay attention. Travel has become an endurance event. You have to be able to stand around in long lines, walk for endless miles down uninhabited corridors, decipher airline routing screens, be nice to stupid people wielding petty power, endure rude airline attendents, cope with delays, and deal with uncivil fellow travellers. I congratulate myself on getting home without causing an international incident! Here comes the part for my fellow Americans: Get dressed before leaving home, you look awful, and you're making yourself an easy target. Tshirts and shorts are not travel wear and you really are not more comfortable than you would be in a pair of chinos and a nice top. And stop with the flip-flops. Are you aware that in the rest of the world (and,oh yes, that does count, you don't live on this planet alone) flip-flops - no matter how many sequins or what 'great 'colour - are the footwear for the most desperate? Wearing flip-flops shows you are not a functioning member of society. So put on shoes and get rid of the damn baseball caps. You're a mess and it is embarrassing. In this day and age you don't need to be so easily identifiable. Flip-flops, baseball caps, shorts and tshirts are worn exclusively by US citizens while travelling. Have some courtesy for your fellow human being. Get dressed, put on some shoes and take off your hat. Show some self respect.
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false said…
Flip flops gross me out. Who wants to see someone's sweating toes? They also scream trailer park. I've always admired how Europeans look so put together when they travel. I remember trudging up the mountain to see the mariposas in Mexico and these German tourists looked so polished and comfy in their sensible hiking sandals and khaki's that I was almost embarrassed to be wearing jeans. I hate to see the tourists in Philly with their two dollar flip flops trudging around town sucking down soda pop. I just think to myself, "that puddle you just splashed in with your feet exposed guarantees that when you get home you will have a case of ring worm or amoebic dystentery". Or traveling, when I see some girl in a mini-skirt and flip flops I think "If we crash and live you're going to be the first person to slow the rest of us down and no one will care about how cute and fashionable you are." Somehow those thoughts make me feel better:)
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