Notes from the road #10 - Missed Connection Edition

Random notes from the Delta Sky Club lounge on a Saturday morning (I know, it's really glamorous and sophisticated, this business travel thing).

1. Cargo pants stop being a good choice for men once they hit about 30. Note: I still wear cargo pants.

2. When the airline presents you with your best 'Cheap hotels near the airport' options after you have missed the last flight out for the night don't pick the least expensive one.

3. Two years ago it seemed every middle-aged to older woman on the plane was reading 50 Shades of Grey. Now the book I see the most is Lean In. 

4. It's completely worth the $15 Uber ride from the cheap hotel back to the airport on a Saturday morning just to see the expressions on the mugs of the 38 people who are fighting for 20 places on the shuttle bus when your black car comes to pick you up.

5. It is hard to get a decent bagel south of Maryland, and possibly even Delaware.

6. Charleston, S.C. might be my new favorite place in the world. 

7. Casinos and airports have at least one thing in common: folks drinking heavily at six in the morning.

8. We as a society have become completely, totally, and almost irrationally obsessed with locating power outlets. People stuck in airports practically set up little power outlet shanty towns, complete with a mayor (the guy who carries his own power strip and doles out access to slots like he is handing out water bottles after a hurricane).

9. I am encouraged that so many of the American traveling public now have decided to wear their 'nice' flip-flops and tank tops on the plane. You never know when a beach party might break out at 35,000 feet.

10. Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there - especially the ones who have to try and navigate airports, airplanes, trains, and the like with a bunch of little ones in tow. 

Have a great weekend!