While you are traveling these are the 10 worst people you can run into

A well planned vacation can be spoiled by a couple of apples which are rotten, or in this situation TSA agents who are touchy-feely and bartenders who are creepy.

Even though travel is a rewarding and enriching experience, nowadays it can also be very stressful. The rules of airlines are becoming stricter, there is a rise in rates of hotels, and then there are the employees of the travel industry who do not want things to be made easier for anyone.

I have rounded up some of the people who when you embark on trips can be the worst to have an encounter with.

The maid who is noisy

To visualize a stranger going through your belongings is a creepy thing. Last fall, the worst nightmare of everyone was confirmed when headlines were made when a housekeeper at a hotel was caught on camera while the personal belongings of a guest were being riffled through. Terrible!

The proof of this video is that when you are not there the maids are going to take over and there is no safety for your property. And speaking of safety, there is wisdom in having it used. Even though a traveler is not supposed to be concerned about their belongings when they are comfortable in the room of their hotel, it is still preferable to make mistakes while being cautious.

The masseuse who is overly chatty

Who does not delight in checking out the spa of a hotel to decompress and unwind? Unfortunately, with the worn masseuse a pampering of bliss can turn out to become really annoying. Even though the staff of spas have trainings on appropriate interaction on a one-to-one basis with guests of hotels, the memo does not seem to get read by everyone.

Recently, New York City’s Rubin Museum of Art head of marketing Daniel Hernandez Lyon paid a visit to a thermal spa situated close to Padova in Italy and encountered a masseuse who was overly loquacious. He revealed that as soon as he had walked into the treatment room for a massage he was immediately questioned by the masseuse with regards to where he was making his visit from. However that was not where it stopped. There was a dimming of the lights and he had settled in waiting for the regular 60 minutes of being completely disconnected from the world outside when questions were continuously thrown at him about his work, his experience with the culture of Italy and even small stuff like the foods which were his favorites.

So what was done by Lyon? The only thing that crossed his mind. After around 30 minutes of talking that was incessant, he pretended to sleep off!

The cab driver who cheats

A tourist who is taking a ride-share service or a taxi is usually in a territory that is unfamiliar. And this fact is known by drivers. Some of them feel no remorse or qualms of having you taken for a ride figuratively and literally by going on a detour that is long just to make the fare higher.

Then there are the ones who are really shady like this dude in Bangkok: after he had started the meter a very long time even before the passenger had gotten into the cab, he proceeded to have the meter covered with a cloth in the hopes that it would not be noticed by anyone. When it was noticed by the tourist, the driver of the cab had series of blatant lies told including that the cabs which were older were not permitted to have their meters repaired, that the fare at the beginning went up, and so on. If the cab option was not working out for him, he could do well writing fiction as a career.

The flight attendant who is rude

Even though our flight attendants who are cheerful are loved by all of us, there is always the regular Debbie Downer who has us prevented from relaxing, sitting back, and having the flight enjoyed. The protocol of a rude flight attendant comprise of fetching you a glass of water begrudgingly, having a cart rammed into the foot of a passenger without flinching, and having call buttons ignored.

It is actually a thing of fact. In 2013, flight attendant rage was called out by The Wall Street Journal and now their incidents are being documented by travelers like the passenger who on a recent United flight got shamed because she was breast feeding. This just shows that even at 10,000 feet it is not all smiles. A poll on the flight attendants who are the rudest was even published by USA Today, with the top spots being taken by Air Canada and Spirit.

The TSA agent who is touchy feely

While you are going through the security line at the airport, the words “body check!” are the last thing anyone would want to hear. However for a lot of passengers this it their fate. A pat down that is complete is supposed to not be a meaningless and substantial grope by agents who are rude, but then the sad truth is that it is so sometimes. Nobody would like to have a stranger in a bad uniform feeling them up, especially from a person who is supposed to be making our lives safer. But this does happen. One editor of Yahoo Travel has sworn that at a Texas airport a TSA agent went to the base that was second prior to her last flight.

The room service attendant that is weird

Room service is one of the best things about vacation. Unfortunately, weird is how things can become when you are a lady who is alone wearing a bathrobe and there is a waiter who is a little bit too friendly and lingering around for a little bit too long. No, it is not okay to flirt, Mr. desperate attendant for room service! And neither is it okay to be all creepy and stare. A woman once felt the urge to have such behavior called out in her review on TripAdvisor. Very awkward indeed.

The cruise ship bartender who is lecherous

When it was done by Isaac from the love boat it was cool. But in real life this is not the way it should be. Most servers on cruise ships have their wages earned from tips. This is the reason why for their guests they continue to bend over backwards. But an eagerness to please that is more than ordinary could be displayed by a bartender on a cruise ship.

Is this being taught in the school for the cruise bartender? And it does not mean that an escape is possible by you. Your are on a ship stuck with the guy. Maybe this is the reason why on cruise lines bartenders that are robots are phasing out bartenders that are humans.

The customer service agent who is a by-the-book enforcer

The understanding and appreciation is there by all of us that their jobs have to be done by agents of customer service. However we also understand that being a human being is also important. This is why if a flight is missed by you because, let’s say there was a hospitalization of your relative, the thought would be had by anyone that there would be an understanding by the customer service agent and the change fee would be waived. (Yes, this is actually very possible and is at their supervisor and the agent’s discretion). Apparently, it is not always so. The hard way was learnt by one passenger when her family was not allowed to board a flight by Ryanair  in order for her an organ transplant to be gotten by her son. (Your gaping mouth can now be closed.) An apology has since been made by the airline.

The vendor who is overly aggressive

Visualise that you are in Mexico in complete bliss while lying down on a white-sand beach, only to have a vendor stop by every five minutes to ask you if you would like to buy marijuana, fresh fruit, or silver bracelets. It’s a travel epidemic that is growing and has the ability to have your vacation put on a damper.

The worse thing about them is that they can often be too pushy quite literally. In Phuket, a vendor who also rents out sun beds had a female traveler harassed recently. When his services were refused by her, he went ahead to have sand kicked on her and had her pushed away from her spot on the beach.  

The gate agent who is incompetent

Passengers are often seen by gate agents as just another big mess of additional work. The particular agents of gates who really do not care are those who want us to realize that a favour is being done to us by them. It is not as if its their job or something. But wait a minute – it actually is their job. I wish you the best of luck when you wish to switch to a seat on the aisle without a feeling of persecution. Or do you want to make upgrades at the last minute? You are late by one passenger.

Bridal Guide magazine’s travel editor Jenna Mahoney recently revealed that she once gave thanks to a gate agent for assisting her with a request. She had informed her that she was helpful and super friendly and it was great because she was not been listened to by her co-workers. The agent had told her that she had to understand and appreciate that every day they had in their face thousands of people. This was how she chose to respond to Mahoney for stating that she had been helpful. These days even the Onion has a compulsion to mock gate agents.

After quite a lot of work and time, the book which I have been working on is now ready. I am pleased to say that The Top 50 Travel Destinations for 2015 is now available for your reading pleasure. The Top 50 Travel Destinations for 2015 is going to be your tour and travel guide for this year 2015. I have taken the time to highlight those places which I am sure you would be glad to see this year as you spend those splendid moments with your family, and loved ones.

The book is available on Amazon and can be purchased from here. Do check it out today and let me know what you think.