He's been everywhere in the the world, and when most people say that, they mean they've been to Europe, dabbled in Africa, and possibly a toe or two in China. But Don has literally been all over the world.
"But you know what, a place doesn't really become alive with a book. I saw people standing in front of the ruins, with a Frommers in hand, and they're reading about what used to take place here. But that's not what brings it to life." he paused for dramatic effect, and you couldn't' help but smile. "Giovanni, that was our guide. It was hearing his stories, the passion that he used when he told us about the people who used to live here, or how animated he became when he explained how they excavated this city centuries later. That's what really put everything in perspective."
Victor,a private driver, remarked about the same thing. "I had to fly to Australia once for a client, and there was one stewardess who took notice of me. She just liked me I suppose. She treated me so well, I remember, she treated me like I was in first class."
"I'm not one to report people, but this one woman, I swear she hated her job so much, she was going to do her darnedest to make sure I had as horrendous a time as she did," Harlene, a Broadway producer said of her stewardess on her across the pond flight. "You know, they call it the cattle car for a reason. We're not treated like humans."
In all the commotion of the packing, the checking in, the security, the waiting, the hurrying, it all becomes a little too mechanical. Even the delays are becoming, dare I say it, a little inhumane. How long can they keep someone on a tar mat without food and water?
Opportunity: Bring the humanity back. Make the passenger feel human again.
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