Saw a woman make fun of a family at the airport who had arrived 6 hours before their flights departure time. It was their first flight. In them, I saw me 23yrs ago, nervous and excited to sit in a plane to Venice for Monsoon wedding.I remember the kindness of strangers .

— Tillotama Shome (@TillotamaShome) February 21, 2023

I make it a point to reach the airport 3 to 3.5 hrs ahead after once nearly missing my flight due to sticking to the usual 1 hr window.
My husband says… If you have to sit and wait for the flight timing, better do it at the airport.

— Garima Sharma (@GarimasriSharma) February 21, 2023

Few days back i was travelling from Lucknow to Bhubaneswar via Kolkata, the person sitting beside me was flying for the very first time. His excitement was infectious(काश हम भी वैसे हो पाते), we spoke like mad during the whole flight🙏😄

— Saurabh Singh (@sonu175) February 22, 2023

How sad to lose that sense of wonder. We recently asked our driver to take us to the airport early. We were checked out of our accommodation. Changi airport has so much to see and do. We had waiter service in a restaurant we would otherwise have not enjoyed. Not rushed. Relaxed.

— I Read Alot (@Fotografier) February 22, 2023

When I sat in a flight first time while going to join my job at L&T, the gentleman at window seat offered me his seat when he saw me trying to have look from window from my middle seat..a gesture one can never forget

— anshulguptaias (@anshulguptaias1) February 21, 2023

Same here. I was in the queue with my colleague to board a plane at Mumbai to fly to US for the first time. I excitedly asked my colleague "इसमें बैठने वाले हैं हम?", pointing to plane i cud see thru the glass. A gentleman turned behind and smiled at me. I was 22 at the time.

— रोहन जाधव (@RohanJadhav1980) February 22, 2023

If you are in Delhi it is normal to go that early. Forget about making fun, you may miss your flight from Delhi if you are not atleast 3 1/2 hours before departure

— Hetal Doshi (@HetalDo35931053) February 21, 2023

OMG !!! Me too, when i was also around 24 or so, and the most funny part even after being 6 hours early i missed it 😭😭😭😭,. Had no zero money in Bank, was really scared though

— Sheetal Prasad (@babusheetal) February 22, 2023

my first international flight i sat at airport lounge for 1 hour just to observe what people were doing – what were they doing with luggage and what they were doing afterwards…totally understand…

— HumanIntelligence (@VishalGBhat) February 21, 2023

Those were the days when entire extended family would reach airport to see off!

My first was also at the age of 23 on the way to SFO.

— Null Pointer (@Nagarik007) February 21, 2023

I haven’t taken many flights yet and even i tend to reach atleast 3hours early 🥹🥹

— Saloni Mittal (@whysaloni) February 21, 2023

Haha I still get to the airport 3 hours early. Fuck the anxiety

— Rukmini Ray Kadam (@trumatter) February 21, 2023

I still reach at least 2.5 hrs prior to boarding time as do not like rushing, passing thru security I. A hurry

— why ✋🏼 (@sanyalrajesh) February 21, 2023

6 hours is fine time to arrive. Sometimes you can do everything right and still be too late.

— CWaltz (@CombustionWaltz) February 22, 2023

Most of us try and be at the airport 3-4 hrs in advance to beat the long queues, better seats and ofcourse the dash to the lounge. ..

— JayBee (@JaeyeB) February 21, 2023

I do it all the time, for a buffet at the lounge and then work on my lappy.

— Not a Bot (@uhaish) February 22, 2023

Reminds me of how when I flew somewhere I was constantly thinking about how I had absolutely no clue what I was doing and how glad I was to be able to just follow someone more experienced exactly

— bittorrent communist🔻 (@gplorgtfo) February 23, 2023

Saammmeee, I was 24 when I boarded my first flight with my own money. I did feel intimidated as hell but yeah, it was a lifetime experience. Before mocking these people, (classist) people should see where they are coming from.

— . (@dhauyaar) February 22, 2023

if anyone made fun of me like that I'll get very anxious for sure. I'm such an overthinker I'll probably run that scenario in my head before falling asleep everyday. People need to be more kind

— Pheebs⁠☆ (@browniexmas) February 21, 2023

Literally hate the people who make fun of others like this , being humble is the least you can do

— Ajinkya Paradkar (@Ajinkyaa_23) February 21, 2023