Need a few extra dollars? Look for the drunk guy at the airport.

Photo: rednuht

Man, I wish I was at the Mallorca airport when this happened.

Apparently, a man who had just inherited a large sum of money decided to get all liquored up before his flight.

The booze (and being a complete moron?) led him to hand out $83,000 to other people waiting at the airport.

Unfortunately, only about £2,000 of it was in cash – the rest was in British travelers checks. Those have to be signed by the person who bought them, though I’m guessing forgery is possible?

The benefactor was arrested by police, who was supposedly described as “smelly” and “looking like a tramp.” Fantastic.

What are some more, though decidedly not as beneficial for other people, crazy things that people do at the airport? Getting a Starbucks latte right before heading to security, and then holding up the line while finishing it.

Or how about being so involved in a last minute chair massage, they have to tear through airport to get to their flight, knocking a little old lady down in the process (true story)?

It seems that flying elsewhere has given some people license to be utterly ridiculous and impolite.

What the craziest thing you’ve seen while waiting for a flight? Share your thoughts below.

 
 

About The Author

Christine Garvin

Christine Garvin is a certified Nutrition Educator and holds a MA in Holistic Health Education. She is the founder/editor of Living Holistically...with a sense of humor and co-founder of Confronting Love. When she is not out traveling the world, she is busy writing, doing yoga, and performing hip-hop and bhangra. She also likes to pretend living in her hippie town of Fairfax, CA is like being on vacation.

  • http://www.LawOfAttractionSuccessStories.com Jonathan Lockwood

    “It seems that flying elsewhere has given some people license to be utterly ridiculous and impolite.”

    I fly about 47 weeks per year, (in fact I’m sitting on the floor at Chicago O’Hare right now as I type this,) so I see a lot. The most heartrending was in San Diego, when a young lady (early 20s) had fallen asleep at the gate and missed her flight. I’d seen this before, but this girl was hysterical. Less angry at someone else–more phenomenally pissed at herself, but absolutely wailing in grief.

    Usually people get mad at the airline staff. Miss their flight-get mad; flight delayed-get mad; lost their boarding pass-get mad. Sometimes I wanna turn around and say to one of them, “Y’know, you’re right. The left wing is hanging in chards and Hurricane Stanislav is coming up the runway, but this delay is simply unacceptable! I say let’s take off anyway!”

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