angry couple at the airport

I had to pick someone up at the airport yesterday. I parked the car, and went in to wait by the baggage claim. I was about 15 minutes early, so I worked on the crossword puzzle from the newspaper to pass the time. At least I worked on it until Angry Man and his entourage came along. He could not find his bag fast enough to suit him, so he proceeded to bluff and bluster and generally act like an ass. He and his wife were a good pair. Their faces had become permanently set in frowns. Their wrinkles were not laugh lines. They had an even older person with them whom they were, perhaps, trying to impress with their importance and ability to GET THINGS DONE. The more they fussed and abused airport staff, the less they got done in the way of getting their bags. During one of the periods when they stormed off, loudly berating everyone within earshot, the elder quietly managed to have a baggage handler find the bags, get a cart, and have a wheelchair sent on the way. When the uglies returned, they were furious that she had accomplished what they couldn't. They tried to tell her that she had gotten the wrong bags, but their names were on them! How bizarre is that?

I wanted to tell them to calm down, that nothing as trivial as slow bags (these weren't even missing, for pete's sake!) was worth the turmoil they were creating. I didn't though, because secretly, I was hoping that his head would blow up. I wanted to see how the charming wife in her casino wear would handle that. I was hoping that the elder would roll quietly away and leave them behind and find a nicer family to live with. I think the Grumpy Woman must have been her daughter, and I wondered if she had been regretting her daughter's marriage to the Angry Man for years and years. Or maybe she didn't like her daughter, and was glad that she was with someone miserable.

Watch out for your face. Apparently, it will freeze like that. Watch out for your soul. If you deal bad, and expect bad, you will get bad. I love the thought of instant karma, but regular old karma will do, too.