I must endeavour to find out more about the psychology of travel, particularly flying. I genuinely want to understand this almost pathological desire to be up out of the seats as soon as we’ve touched down, crowding the gangways so no-one else can move unless you’re one of the ‘early adopters’.
There must be a rationale for this burning need to be first off the plane, first to passport control and baggage reclaim, where they can then wait for longer than anyone else whilst the bags slowly make their way from the plane’s hold.
And let’s not mention the increasing number of VIPs who are apparently travelling on every flight and who simply must start shouting into their mobiles as soon as we are on the ground, far too significant to wait until we are in the terminal building – those “we have landed” stories just can’t wait for the telling!
Does the fact that I have an overwhelming desire to give all these people a slap make me a bad person?