Read on Twitter
#LongRant
Traveling from Lagos international airport is so so stressful. My God!
Everything is designed to stress you. But what takes the cake are the humans. The sheer number of steps you have to interact with people is mind mumbing. And almost all these people are begging!
Traveling from Lagos international airport is so so stressful. My God!
Everything is designed to stress you. But what takes the cake are the humans. The sheer number of steps you have to interact with people is mind mumbing. And almost all these people are begging!
I’m tired and angry and stressed, so let’s count the people in Lagos airport you have to see before you get to your seat on the plane…. And rate their pointlessness 0-5.
“0” means very pointless, obviously. 5 means essential personnel, should be there.
“0” means very pointless, obviously. 5 means essential personnel, should be there.
Person #1 is a security personnel by the front door that you must show your ticket to prove you’re traveling. Screens people who want to carry their whole family to do excursion and farewell party INSIDE the terminal. Please stay outside. Essential for Naija. Score: 5
Person #2 & #3 Just by the front door there’s customs and NDLEA, presumably to profile and stop contraband from leaving Naija, but in almost 20 years of traveling it’s only crayfish I’ve seen them seize here. Maybe their work is to detract would-be criminals. The rest is “drop… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #4 You get to your check in area there’s someone that weighs your bag and put a sticker on it or gives you a piece of paper with the weight written. As long as you’re checking in luggage you must pass there. Even if it’s a box of feathers, you must weigh it! Unnecessary.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #5 When you finally join check in line, there’s the airline staff sitting there checking peoples visas and return tickets and putting one useless sticker at the back of the passport. That’s the work of the person at the counter forggosake! They also think they’re experts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #6 You make it to the front of the line and there’s almost always someone there directing traffic “Oya go to counter 5, wait here, let that person go next” Tbh, I get why it’s needed, but it’s not essential.
Score: 2
Score: 2
Person #7 Check-in attendant. He/she will still check that you have a valid ticket and the right visa (basically, #5’s work + more). This person helps you confirm seat selection and tags your bags. Gives you the yellow exit card. Essential. Score: 5.
Person #8, you know that yellow card #7 gave you, there’s a small line of people waiting to help you fill or offer you a pen or a place to fill your form… all for a fee. And they’re airport “staff”… because how did they get there? That’s their own hustle. Unnecessary. Score: 0
Person #9 just before security you get to security there’s a divide for business/crew/VIP to go left and economy/premium to go right. There’s one person there checking tickets to confirm your class of travel. Fair points sha, folks have coconut head, they will storm the wrong… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #10 is the most pointless person in the whole chain. The plain cloth folks just before the immigration officers. They summon you like they have power, then don’t ask you any question, just hail you and ask for money and do “god-knows-what” with your passport and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #11 is immigration officer who asks relevant questions but insists I write the exact place and phone number I’m going on the yellow card, why??? (yes, the same yellow card). Anyways, immigration there to stamp you out so it’s useful. Although UK/US don’t stamp anyone out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #12 is the security cluster around the X-ray machine. Always begging for money, have never successfully caught my forgotten bottle water, but always seizing people’s cream and perfume over 100ml and begging/harassing people to put money inside the bowl after taking your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #13 & #14 are the evil twins of NDLEA and Customs again, asking you about how much currency you’re carrying and why you’re traveling to the place you’re going. I doubt someone is going to get there and say “I’m going to sell drugs” so it’s pointless. They are just another… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Person #15 when you get to your boarding gate, theres someone who checks your boarding pass that you’re in the right gate. Why? There’s only 3 or 4 functional gates in the whole airport, why do we need a whole human to remind/check. Score: 0
Person #16 is the person that attends to you at the boarding gate and collects your boarding pass and tears the small part off and sort of marks you present to pre board. Most times it’s the same person from earlier who checked you in. And mostly pleasant/efficient. Score 5
Person #17 and #18 are the people manning the two step process of frisking you and hand luggage OPENING to search you right there at the gate. Why!????? How many times do you want to search me??? I get that the security at the airport is super lax, but at this point I’m usually… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Finally you get to the plane and are greeted by person #19 at the door. The flight attendants. Usually pleasant and will never beg. You can finally relax.
Doesn’t matter your class of travel, you’re going to encounter at least 12-15 of these people. Calling you, hailing you, asking for stuff. So stressful, and makes traveling from MMIA (old and new terminals) such a hectic process! 😫🤬😤
#end
#end
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
