Comments on: Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/ Maw Books - book reviews, book recommendations, book lists, author interviews and more! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:11:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Eva http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-59146 Eva Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:32:10 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-59146 Thank you SO much for your review - I have been eyeing this hoping for many stories from the airport experience, but now I know it's not what I was looking for. Thank you again!! Thank you SO much for your review – I have been eyeing this hoping for many stories from the airport experience, but now I know it’s not what I was looking for. Thank you again!!

]]> By: Kathleen http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-59019 Kathleen Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:52:43 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-59019 What an interesting concept! I travel a great deal and I observe alot of these same things although I am sure I miss the things about my traveling self that need changing! I'm going to be much more observant of myself and others next time I travel! What an interesting concept! I travel a great deal and I observe alot of these same things although I am sure I miss the things about my traveling self that need changing! I’m going to be much more observant of myself and others next time I travel!

]]> By: Jess - A book Hoarder http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-59015 Jess - A book Hoarder Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:32:22 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-59015 Thank you TexasRed for commenting. I thought I was crazy that everyone has had pleasant experiences at the baggage claim. I had only read the title of the post and was already cracking up because I totally understand. I HATE the baggage claim and I usually stand back making rude remarks to my husband about how everyone needs to calm down and take a step back. Thank you for posting this Natasha. You are lucky that you haven't experienced the craziness (or maybe I am just easily annoyed by it but it is nice to know I am not the only one). Thank you TexasRed for commenting. I thought I was crazy that everyone has had pleasant experiences at the baggage claim. I had only read the title of the post and was already cracking up because I totally understand. I HATE the baggage claim and I usually stand back making rude remarks to my husband about how everyone needs to calm down and take a step back.

Thank you for posting this Natasha. You are lucky that you haven’t experienced the craziness (or maybe I am just easily annoyed by it but it is nice to know I am not the only one).

]]> By: Margaret http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-58988 Margaret Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:00:29 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-58988 On a flight last year a large, rather terrifying-looking man gave us a cookie he'd bought because we couldn't get my one-year-old niece to stop crying. On a flight last year a large, rather terrifying-looking man gave us a cookie he’d bought because we couldn’t get my one-year-old niece to stop crying.

]]> By: Tina http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-58979 Tina Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:29:01 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-58979 Wow. This is such an interesting concept that could change things. Neat. Wow. This is such an interesting concept that could change things. Neat.

]]> By: TexasRed http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-58975 TexasRed Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:04:43 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-58975 I've totally experienced baggage claim chaos that has me just standing back with a book to wait until the carnage is over. Sounds like a great metaphor for me. I’ve totally experienced baggage claim chaos that has me just standing back with a book to wait until the carnage is over. Sounds like a great metaphor for me.

]]> By: Kari http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-58948 Kari Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:16:10 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-58948 Dawn actually sent me this book after she reviewed it this summer...and I STILL haven't read it. I'm not gonna lie...I have a bit of a fear that it will be preachy after I noticed the "inspirational" genre and all the religious tie-ins (he flew a path in the shape of a fish). I thought it more interesting if it was a sociological study, not a lesson in religion (just my preferences). But it's high on the list of my reading queue, so I am anxious to find out what I think. Dawn actually sent me this book after she reviewed it this summer…and I STILL haven’t read it. I’m not gonna lie…I have a bit of a fear that it will be preachy after I noticed the “inspirational” genre and all the religious tie-ins (he flew a path in the shape of a fish). I thought it more interesting if it was a sociological study, not a lesson in religion (just my preferences). But it’s high on the list of my reading queue, so I am anxious to find out what I think.

]]> By: Kathy http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-58925 Kathy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:38:08 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-58925 It does sound like the author has some good points. Like you, I've never had problems at the baggage claim area and have witnessed people helping each other quite often. It does sound like the author has some good points. Like you, I’ve never had problems at the baggage claim area and have witnessed people helping each other quite often.

]]> By: Christy http://blog.mawbooks.com/2009/11/10/step-back-from-the-baggage-claim/#comment-58924 Christy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:08 +0000 http://blog.mawbooks.com/?p=4479#comment-58924 When I was reading the passage you quote about the baggage claim, I was thinking 'huh, I've always experienced polite and friendly people at the baggage claim'. And then you said basically the same thing afterward, so yeah, that particular metaphor doesn't work for me either. Actually, in general, I've experienced courtesy when flying. Now driving, on the other hand... When I was reading the passage you quote about the baggage claim, I was thinking ‘huh, I’ve always experienced polite and friendly people at the baggage claim’. And then you said basically the same thing afterward, so yeah, that particular metaphor doesn’t work for me either. Actually, in general, I’ve experienced courtesy when flying. Now driving, on the other hand…

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