19 Reasons You Want a Great Friend at the Las Vegas Airport

Sitting at the Las Vegas airport after speaking at the Social Media Strategies Summit, you realize how important a great friend is, whether you’re arriving in or departing from Las Vegas.

In fact, by my informal, unscientific observations, there are NINETEEN reasons you want a great friend at the Las Vegas airport if you’re moving through McCarran or hanging out waiting for a flight.

Skeptical?

Well, a great friend at the Las Vegas airport will:

1. Tell you that you are actually carrying three carry-on items, no matter that you think one item doesn’t count because it is two pairs of sneakers in a plastic shopping bag
2. Remind you that your scarf is still 5 bags back going through x-ray because you didn’t take it off until you were ready to go through the security scanner
3. Tell you when you are too fat to wear what you’re wearing out in public these days - or at least tell you to pull down your shirt.
4. Buy you a coffee when you are too messed up to do it for yourself
5. Hold something for you while you try to get everything back on after going through security
6. Have a multi-plug-in adaptor to get you some juice for your phone before the plane boards
7. Agree that you are getting screwed over by the boss, but not try to fix the problem for you
8. Let you know that the bra you are wearing has so much padding you may be in violation of truth in advertising regulations
9. Spilt that bagel with you
10. Watch your luggage while you go to the bathroom
11. Suggest you not drink as much this time in Vegas
12. Figure out how to tell you the tight white pants you are wearing might as well be sponsored by Camel Cigarettes, if you get what I mean
13. Remind you lots of people are worse off than you are
14. Glare at you for interrupting an in-person conversation to take a call you needn’t have taken right this very minute
15. Point out that despite them being in, wearing your hair long is cooler than the man-bun you decided to rock this morning
16. Tell you it is time to let it go when it comes to the conference you just attended
17. Challenge you that (at least right now) wearing a Kansas City Royals shirt is really cool and wearing a Chiefs shirt is really all about, “Remember 1969!”
18. Check to find out the plane is half full, so you can puhleeez chill out and quit griping about running late
19. Tell you that while those shorts still are okay for you, it’s time to add about another inch and half to the length, just because, you know, you haven’t been a teenager for twenty-five years

Yup, the Las Vegas Airport is a great place to have a great friend.

And, in keeping with Las Vegas, just so you know, all the links (except two) in this article are affiliate links.

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