<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (29Palms @ Nov 20 2008, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
Hey, so you made it. My first impression with some of my fellow gate agents after working out on Saipan/Guam in the Pacific was like night and day. It&#39;s not really that they are rude, but they get real busy sometimes, and the pressure is on. Some handle it better than others. IAH is a very busy station. At least they didn&#39;t charge for baggage. That&#39;s great. Question. Where did you get this "BARKING" lady? NEWARK? ORLANDO? (In New York, everyone barks but don&#39;t mean nuthin.)[/b]
I can imagine that it&#39;s annoying for a gate agent if they&#39;re being asked by the same member of staff every 5 mins about whether or not they&#39;re going to get on - that&#39;s what one woman did while we were waiting.

I was so convinced that we weren&#39;t going to make that flight that I just sat there waiting for the flight to close so they would transfer us to the next one, but we got very lucky.

Yep - the barking lady was indeed in Newark. I know what New Yorker&#39;s reputations are like but I&#39;ve always found them reasonably friendly! I guess that the moody check-in agent didn&#39;t charge me for my bags so I shouldn&#39;t be so critical of her lol

I was even impressed that the immigration officer was very nice and welcoming - quite unlike most others I&#39;ve encountered in the past!