Off Drop

It is universally acknowledged that the airport is a place without judgement.

Thanks for finding this for me, Sandy!

There is no proper time to drink too much.  There is no proper time to drink at all.

7AM? Wine, it shall be.

You’re on vacation.

Any calories that you consume while being in the airport, don’t count.

Zero.

Eat what you want. You’re on vacation.

I have learned this over the years, having been in airports at all hours of the day/night waiting for my boarding call.

Of course, you do have to be careful about what you eat before you get on a plane, but that’s about it.

VERY careful, I must add.

Today, my new favourite taxi driver picked me up and brought me back to the Johannesburg airport- in preparation for my flight to CapeTown.  I can’t wait until I’m in one place for more than 7 seconds.   Perhaps lose this feeling of intense travel tedium and settle in to a semi-normal routine. I’ve already started to dispose of unnecessary clothing.

Cramped little plane seats, confined quarters and trying to unpack/pack just to find some clean underwear is starting to wear on me.  I need to enforce a bit of organization in to my life... and I need to drink some wine.  Ahhh... the airport.

Solace.

When taxi man pulled up to the airport, I immediately noticed that the words written on the road leading up to departures distinctly read “OFF DROP”.... and it repeated quite a few times as we approached the drop off area.

It seemed funny to me, so I mentioned it to taxi man and he immediately burst in to laughter and started repeating it over and over again.

”OFF DROP! Ha ha ha OFF DROP!  So stupid the Africans! OFF DROP! Ha ha ha OFF DROP! OFF DROP!”

After he off dropped me, his intent was to circle back around in order to take a photo and post it on Facebook.  He was convinced that no one had ever noticed it before- and kept repeating to me how many times each day he drove to and from the airport and had never paid any attention to it.  I did Google Image it to see if I could copy an image, but I couldn’t find one on line. I will have to wait until January when I am back in Jo’berg again.

I thanked him for off dropping me and go again I off... part 3 of the flight journey...