Observations of Newark

Observations of Newark

My quick list of observations as I walked through the entire Terminal C of Newark Airport.

1. Nobody makes eye contact.

2. Nobody smiles. (maybe they don’t see this Texan giving a nice smile to them because they don’t make eye contact.)

3. Sign posted in the airport transfer bus:

“THERE IS NO

AREA TO SMOKE

AT EWR. YOU

WOULD HAVE TO

GO OUTSIDE

AIRPORT”

Interesting wording, that’s all.

4. Languages I’ve heard and identified to the best of my ability: Indian, Swedish, some African languages, Puerto Rican, Russian, Spanish, New York-style city English (meaning I could only understand about every 5^th word)

5. Announcer for flight said ‘ladies and jentlemens”

6. Bleach blond woman at the sink in the bathroom painting her nails red.

7. Woman coming out of stall in the bathroom with two large coffee cups in hand. (?!)

8. Departure cities I passed: Zurich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Belfast, Delhi, Edinburgh, Shannon, Orlando.

9. There’s a Texas-New Mexico style shop in the terminal selling cowboy and native American style outfits.

10. A store section dedicated to Saprano’s merchandise proudly displaying a “Bada Bling” shirt. I though it was called Bada Bing but maybe that’s a play on the word bling or whatever or maybe I’m just an idiot and don’t know either what’s cool (I admit that) or about famous HBO TV series.

11. Desiree Ficker (Austinite) on the cover of Runner’s World in the newsstands at the airport.

12. My flight was changed from the second to last door of one side of the terminal to the third to last door on the complete other side of the terminal.

13. Places to eat in this wonderful airport: “Splendid Treats”, “The Steak Escape” (ok, so shouldn’t this be vegetarian since you are escaping steak?), “A&W Rootbeer”, “Sarku Sushi” (wait, sushi in an airport?!), Maui Tacos, Calzone Pasta, Surf City Squeeze

14. They make announcements in French also.

15. My flight was changed again to another area but only about 100meters away.