Carnage? Pfffft!

[eve1974]

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/carnage-heathrow-passenger-says-brought-152704544.html

Whilst a 5 hour wait is clearly frustrating and a huge inconvenience it is hardly “carnage”

So tired of first world problems!

[mushroom25]

of itself, a 5 hour wait is not carnage. however factor in a lack of access to water and toilet facilities, and in temperatures of 30-35degrees, you get a better idea of what's being experienced. plus the young may be OK standing up for 5 hours, but what about the elderly or infirm, disabled, injured, etc.....

[aelmpvw]

i'm expecting an interviewee to say they are 'devastated'

[eve1974]

Deffo feel for the elderly , infirm etc but once again it is not “carnage” …. And I’d think anyone too elderly / frail wld have assisted travel so they’d be ok (ie whisked thru long lines etc)

[dannyk13]

Typical misuse of a word:-
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/carnage

[gulliver1]

As long as your'e not in the queue.

[eve1974]

As I get older (and hopefully wiser ?!) people’s whingeing about inconveniences irks me more n more.

Thinking of the plane (or is it 2 planes) that have been held up in Afghanistan past few days

[mushroom25]

// it is not “carnage” //

would you feel the same if your best guccis trod in a heap left behind by a desperate kiddie?

[Sqad]

People know the situation may well be fractious at the check in, but why go, particularly the elderly. Why put yourself through such hassle......Holiday resorts will still be beckoning next year.

I WOULD call it carnage.

[aelmpvw]

sorry, thought the thread was about the misuse of nouns for dramatic effect . . .

[New Judge]

A five hour wait is an absolute disgrace. No, it doesn't fit the dictionary definition of "carnage" but it fits plenty of other descriptions, especially if it follows a lengthy flight.

This country needs to get a grip. I have just spent an hour trying to get through to a tour operator. These people are complaining that nobody is booking holidays. Well if that's the case their staff should be sitting around eagerly awaiting my call. Instead they tell their customers "we are experiencing longer than normal response times. Please be patient." Why should I? I have hard-earned that I am ready to part with, they want it and are said to be short of business.

[ichkeria]

"Carnage" an awfully thoughtless word to use given what happened at Kabul airport the other week.
THAT was carnage ...

[sunny-dave]

I've ranted at length on here about UK Border Force (whose motto is surely "Proud to be as Effective as a Chocolate Fire Guard") and their shocking ability to delay legitimate entry of British Citizens whilst being totally inadequate when required to keep out illegals.

I'm baffled as to why large numbers in the queue did not eventually say "enough is enough" and walk through the (flimsy) barriers - what are they going to do - shoot you? Imagine this in (say) France or Italy?

I suppose the answer is that no-one wanted to be the first to raise their head above the parapet - since anything less than a mass exodus would result in the perceived ringleaders being picked off for 'special treatment' ...

[jno]

jamming hundreds of people from different continents together for several hours, in a time of pandemic, does raise the possibility of early deaths.

[Arksided]

Iain Duncan-Smith N.O.B! enough said.

He needs to get a grip or try being stuck in Maltese airport for twenty four hours, on reflection we had it easy by whats happening elsewhere in the world today. Bunch of whining *******!

[naomi24]

12.00. I've never noticed a lack of toilet facilities at Heathrow. Appalling situation nonetheless.

[naomi24]

Hardly 'carnage' though.

[bobbinwales]

Not just Heathrow. This was Malaga
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/malaga-airport-chaos-covid-travel-britons-stuck-queues-passenger-revolt-b953920.html

[Sqad]

" carnage" is an adjective which means different things to different people to describe different states of chaos and discomfort and that to me describes the scene at Heathrow.

In the highly unlikely situation that I had encountered that scene, I would have aborted my journey.

[naomi24]

If you’re on your way home, sqad, you have no choice.

[Sqad]

naomi quite,but my comments concerned the situation at Heathrow Check In as indicated by the link of the OPer.