airport bums

so recently, actually not too long ago, like 1 hr or so a friend of mine flew into Melbourne from Brisbane and is stuck there cause he is waiting for his friend who missed his flight from the gold coast, sad news for him is that he has too wait 4 hrs till his friend arrives. he posted something on his facebook status that got me thinking about the reason why i am posting this. its something not really thought of and its definitely something that everyone goes past especially in an airport.

I started thinking about a movie that sort of portrayed this subject, it starred Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones - The Terminal (2004) - although I have not seen it myself i would assume that airport bums actually are your everyday people. So i decided to google airport bums and i was given 4 definitions. i think we can all relate to either 4, your job is to figure out which bum describes you best... if you want...

1. An invasive species of parasite infesting public spaces at airports. They are ravenous devourers of complimentary beverages and foodstuffs, and will quickly overrun habitats if allowed to establish a colony. Their loud and dissonant vocalizations drive away indigenous pilots and passengers, generally disrupting the fragile ecosystem of the FBO. There are no known means of eradicating an established colony, short of natural expiration.

Like a metastasizing cancer, the airport bums penetrated the lobby in a teeming plague of slack, wrinkley, wasting flesh, devouring the cookies and coffee in a sickening display of pigish rutting.

2. Someone who spends a lot of time at the airport. A good thing to be. Airport bums often hang around maintenance shops and flight schools, watching pilots take off and land. They often drink a lot of coffee and read the magazines in the lobby. They may or may not know how to fly. Many fine fliers started out as airport bums.

The person sitting at this computer typing this is an airport bum to the first degree. I almost never leave, actually. I even sleep here. But I also fly. It is fun being an airport bum.

3. A person who feels enjoyment by the combinational sight of tarmac (or grass), a windsack, and most importantly airplanes. This person will spend most of his free time at an aiport. Generally an airport bum will carry around a handheld radio with which he can listen into the airport frequency. Usually airport bums are of a very healthy nature as they spend most time outside. They enjoy good weather and panaoramic sights of airplanes landing.

Not to be confused with a plane spotter, these are boring people.

Airport bums are relaxing, bright, interesting and attractive people. Who by all means wish they were sitting in every single airplane that takes off and flying over the world.

4. One who hangs out at airports all day. Airport bums can be found at airports of all shapes and sizes, from a big major airport handling 747's to the airport that doesn't handle anything bigger than a Dash 8. I am one myself and am proud of it.

Airport bums are generally educated folk.

Being an optimist I highlighted the good things about those airport bums, they do seem to know what they are doing... i just think its interesting how people will take advantage of such facilities, think about it, airports never shut down, they are open 24 hrs, they provide bathrooms, comfy lounges to sit on (even sleep on) and they have 24 hr maintenance, which is almost worthy of some stars... next time you end up at the airport have a look around and see how many bums there are, you will probs be surprised at the amount there is...