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When It Just Won’t Fit: Lessons from an Airport Meltdown
Wendy FigonePersonal Reflections

When It Just Won’t Fit: Lessons from an Airport Meltdown

I’ll never forget the man I saw at the Las Vegas airport, red-faced and desperate, wrestling with his bag at the carry-on sizer. It was painfully obvious to everyone watching that this suitcase had no chance of fitting. Bulging at the seams, it practically defied the laws of physics. Yet, he kept shoving, twisting, and grunting, working himself into a full-blown meltdown.