This morning, I was walking between terminals in the Minneapolis airport. A bunch of us got stuck behind a group of 8 teenage girls slowly walking side by side. Side by side, 8 deep! I fly over 100 times a year, but I'd never seen anything like this - a human traffic jam caused by 8 oblivious idiots. 8 obliviots.

More than two dozen people and an airport cart driving an elderly woman frustratedly walked behind them. They ignored people's polite requests of "excuse me", angry pleas of "I have a flight to catch!" and even the beeping of the cart. And this was not a mall or a park - this was an airport, where delaying someone else by even a minute can destroy their day. 

Meanwhile, they loudly gabbed about what cute boys they liked - as if sticking to script from an Archie comic. While they physically blocked the entire hallway, they were emotionally two-dimensional. 

Finally, the hall widened enough for us to walk around them. I hung back and let everyone else go ahead of me, as I had some leeway before my connecting flight. As the mess cleared, I walked by the gaggle, then stopped in front of them, turned around, and said, "I think it's wonderful that there are still teenage girls willing to hang out with a friend who is clearly so much uglier than the rest of the group". And then I kept walking.

I didn't even get to the end of the hall before I heard them fighting about who I meant. 

For the sake of the people on whatever flight they're eventually on, I hope they're now giving each other the silent treatment.
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You want to ruin 20 people's days? I will ruin your entire vacation. And perhaps
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This morning, I was walking between terminals in the Minneapolis airport. A bunch of us got stuck behind a group of 8 teenage girls slowly walking side by side. Side by side, 8 deep! I fly over 100 times a year, but I'd never seen anything like this - a human traffic jam caused by 8 oblivious idiots. 8 obliviots.

More than two dozen people and an airport cart driving an elderly woman frustratedly walked behind them. They ignored people's polite requests of "excuse me", angry pleas of "I have a flight to catch!" and even the beeping of the cart. And this was not a mall or a park - this was an airport, where delaying someone else by even a minute can destroy their day. 

Meanwhile, they loudly gabbed about what cute boys they liked - as if sticking to script from an Archie comic. While they physically blocked the entire hallway, they were emotionally two-dimensional. 

Finally, the hall widened enough for us to walk around them. I hung back and let everyone else go ahead of me, as I had some leeway before my connecting flight. As the mess cleared, I walked by the gaggle, then stopped in front of them, turned around, and said, "I think it's wonderful that there are still teenage girls willing to hang out with a friend who is clearly so much uglier than the rest of the group". And then I kept walking.

I didn't even get to the end of the hall before I heard them fighting about who I meant. 

For the sake of the people on whatever flight they're eventually on, I hope they're now giving each other the silent treatment.
user
Teenage girls, who we had no idea were teenage girls, were being obnoxiously obnoxiously obnoxiously
assistant