Airport Entertainment

(no names were mentioned in order to protect the identity of certain individuals—but check out the picture!)

It seems that as college students we are not sure what to do with free time. We are not used to having it, you see? Normally, our days are full of classes, studying, complaining about Burwell, clubs, sports, and sometimes on occasion sleep. This made the few hours of free time that we had in the airport before our flight left London-Gatwick to Charlotte quite an interesting experience. After many of the students had done all that they needed to do to prepare for the flight, such as 1) drink as much coffee as possible in order to stay awake or the alternative of taking enough Dramamine or Simply Sleep to make sure that nothing could bother them on the flight back 2) make sure they had gone to the restroom at least twice to make sure that they would not have to use the dreaded airplane toilet until it became absolutely necessary 3) spend every last English pound on anything and everything—even it was completely ridiculous, like four pounds (or $8.00+) for a pack of mints! With all that said, since we arrived at our departure gate a couple hours ahead of time, there was still plenty of time to waste. Unfortunately, as Wofford students, we are ill trained when it comes to free time, and I imagine that some of the native Brits just thought we were nuts. I have to admit, though, that it was probably a legitimate assumption seeing as there were six students playing a game called “Hot Potato” with a bottle of Sparkling water, which became somewhat violent. Then these concerned natives scanned the terminal for the “responsible adult” in charge of the students who were about to cause some major damage to the airport if not to each other. What they found instead was more interesting entertainment. The “responsible adult” and three other students had their heads in a kiddie play boat and were holding themselves upside down. At this sight, most of the Brits shook their heads and turned around, giving up all hope of trying to find the slightest bit of sanity in any of these American students and professors. In conclusions, a note to all Wofford professors: keep the work coming. Otherwise, you never know what the Wofford Ambassadors will find themselves explaining when they are giving tours to prospective students!


Written by: Valerie Tyndall