Sparrow In Palma Airport

First holiday Blip was tangentially about sparrows and so this was a fitting end Blip. The sparrows have figured out that they can get in through the dormer windows in the terminal and then they've got it easy.

A lot easier than the cleaners judging by the number of "decorated" glass panels I saw.

I shall spare you the details of idiots at security checks - actually I'll share - there are strict rules about what you can and can't take in your hand luggage. And they are pretty clear. Those big bins for disposing of stuff that you're not allowed to take on are, it has to be said, a really obvious reminder.

Not for the 3 idiots in front of us. Every piece of hand luggage had something that wasn't allowed - spotted naturally enough in the x-ray and confiscated despite heated protests from our idiots*. My favourite though was their plastic carrier bags filled with cans of beer. They couldn't understand why they had to lose that...

And then to our lovely airline - AirBerlin. We'll be boarding at 13:10 they said. And airlines are always meticulous about punctuality, aren't they? 10 minutes too late to check-in? Sorry, punctuality is king in the world of airlines.

Except when you're the airline. Then you can bugger people about as much as you want.

Boarding at 13:10 they said. Hmm. We got on a bus at 14:10 that took us to an airplane. Punctual you see.

In the plane, we got an announcement "We'll be landing at 16:40 precisely".

We didn't.

Add to that a 45 minute wait for our luggage and AirBerlin can go whistle for a recommendation.

Anyway, today's sparrow would look great with a couple of six-guns and a stetson. Or is that just me.

*I say "our" and I include you in that our. You might end up travelling with these dolts sometime, so they are "our" idiots.