I wonder how many people really make the decision to turn to a life of crime while waiting for their connecting flight.

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Bonus points if in the Chicago airport. Nothing against Chicago, it's just the number of times I've been stranded there. The last time I was coming back from the left coast (which was in August, mind you), I will delayed due to "weather" (which, as far as I could see, consisted of a lot of rain) for five hours.

I wonder how many people really make the decision to turn to a life of crime while waiting for their connecting flight.

If they hadn't taken my pocketknife away on the first leg, I surely would have run amok in O'Hare.

Chicago airport crime x-post!

Hence the reason I'm so anal about taking direct flights.

I'm sensing a pattern, as it was O'Hare that stranded me on my flight back from NillyFest and sent me bouncing from one mistakenly identified desk (complete with clueless employees whose mantra was "who told you that?") to the next in search of flight confirmations and hotel vouchers.

O'Hare is the Sixth Circle of Hell.

The Seventh is the commuter section of Cincinnati's airport.

Ever transferrred planes in LAX?

If you are moving between airlines you have to completely exit your terminal, go out to the curb, walk to the next terminal and then go through security all over again.

I'd definitely hold LAX up as the crappiest airport I've been in, but at least I always left it on the intended flights.

The Dallas airport doesn't win big points with me either, especially if you have to change terminals (which I always seem to have to do). I am rather fond of their little terminal trams, though. Always remind me of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

LAX is not horrible as an origin or terminus, but to transfer it blows monkey balls.

When I lived in San Diego I had to transfer through LAX a lot, and it was always miserable.