Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
Aug 7th 2004, 10:41 am
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Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
"Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
terminal building"
"Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
airport. "
Guess how they will recuit Magicians/Jugglers/Musicians/Tatooists who
will be interested in wages which are in line with a low cost answer?
Sam
"Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
terminal building"
"Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
airport. "
Guess how they will recuit Magicians/Jugglers/Musicians/Tatooists who
will be interested in wages which are in line with a low cost answer?
Sam
Aug 7th 2004, 4:58 pm
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Re: Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
> terminal building"
How much you want to bet they'll blow the whole thing by hiring a mime?
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> http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
> terminal building"
How much you want to bet they'll blow the whole thing by hiring a mime?
miguel
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Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
Aug 7th 2004, 8:28 pm
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Re: Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
Been there 3 times since the beginning of summer and haven't seen all that
"Sam" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
> terminal building"
> "Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
> alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
> caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
> have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
> airport. "
> Guess how they will recuit Magicians/Jugglers/Musicians/Tatooists who
> will be interested in wages which are in line with a low cost answer?
> Sam
"Sam" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news:[email protected] om...
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
> terminal building"
> "Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
> alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
> caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
> have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
> airport. "
> Guess how they will recuit Magicians/Jugglers/Musicians/Tatooists who
> will be interested in wages which are in line with a low cost answer?
> Sam
Aug 8th 2004, 2:57 am
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Re: Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
On 7 Aug 2004 15:41:49 -0700, [email protected] (Sam) wrote:
>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
>"Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
>escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
>Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
>lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
>partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
>terminal building"
>"Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
>alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
>caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
>have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
>airport. "
You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
balloon artist intent on making me smile.
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>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
>"Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
>escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
>Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
>lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
>partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
>terminal building"
>"Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
>alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
>caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
>have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
>airport. "
You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
balloon artist intent on making me smile.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Aug 8th 2004, 2:57 am
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Re: Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 04:58:43 GMT, Miguel Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:
>Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
>> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
>> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
>> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
>> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
>> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
>> terminal building"
>How much you want to bet they'll blow the whole thing by hiring a mime?
I didn't want to bring that up, but I foresee some mime abuse at CDG.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
>Sam <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
>> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
>> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
>> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
>> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
>> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
>> terminal building"
>How much you want to bet they'll blow the whole thing by hiring a mime?
I didn't want to bring that up, but I foresee some mime abuse at CDG.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Aug 8th 2004, 9:56 am
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Re: Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
B Vaughan<[email protected]> climbed onto an orange crate and shouted:
>On 7 Aug 2004 15:41:49 -0700, [email protected] (Sam) wrote:
>>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
>>"Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
>>escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
>>Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
>>lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
>>partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
>>terminal building"
>>"Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
>>alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
>>caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
>>have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
>>airport. "
>You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
>balloon artist intent on making me smile.
Indeed. They would be much better served taking the money they're
putting into clown acts and using it to allay CDG's numerous other
problems (delays, cleanliness, general inefficiency). CDG is my
least-favorite European airport because of these practical reasons,
not because of a lack of public entertainment.
--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we." - GW Bush, 5 August 2004
>On 7 Aug 2004 15:41:49 -0700, [email protected] (Sam) wrote:
>>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
>>"Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
>>escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
>>Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
>>lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
>>partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
>>terminal building"
>>"Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs, for example,
>>alongside a particularly long check-in line, or cartoonists may sketch
>>caricatures of grumpy faces in the metal-detector line. Passengers can
>>have their faces painted or get henna tattoos. Magicians will roam the
>>airport. "
>You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
>balloon artist intent on making me smile.
Indeed. They would be much better served taking the money they're
putting into clown acts and using it to allay CDG's numerous other
problems (delays, cleanliness, general inefficiency). CDG is my
least-favorite European airport because of these practical reasons,
not because of a lack of public entertainment.
--
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we." - GW Bush, 5 August 2004
Aug 8th 2004, 9:31 pm
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Re: Operation Smile, CDG airport's low-cost answer to the expected stress.
"Sam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] om...
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
> terminal building"
> "Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs,
I trust they have found someway of stopping the ballons from popping.
Could cause a bit of a panic :-)
news:[email protected] om...
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...airport11.html
> "Jugglers, jazz musicians and a phalanx of yellow-shirted airport
> escorts are just a few of the ways that Aeroports de Paris, the
> Parisian airport authority, hopes to distract passengers from the long
> lines and frayed nerves expected this summer as a result of the
> partial collapse of Charles de Gaulle International Airport's newest
> terminal building"
> "Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs,
I trust they have found someway of stopping the ballons from popping.
Could cause a bit of a panic :-)
Aug 9th 2004, 3:23 am
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:56:35 GMT, [email protected] (Charles
Hawtrey) wrote:
>Indeed. They would be much better served taking the money they're
>putting into clown acts and using it to allay CDG's numerous other
>problems (delays, cleanliness, general inefficiency). CDG is my
>least-favorite European airport because of these practical reasons,
>not because of a lack of public entertainment.
"The showers are permanently locked, because there is no demand for
them"
Hawtrey) wrote:
>Indeed. They would be much better served taking the money they're
>putting into clown acts and using it to allay CDG's numerous other
>problems (delays, cleanliness, general inefficiency). CDG is my
>least-favorite European airport because of these practical reasons,
>not because of a lack of public entertainment.
"The showers are permanently locked, because there is no demand for
them"
Aug 9th 2004, 3:24 am
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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:31:55 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs,
>I trust they have found someway of stopping the ballons from popping.
>Could cause a bit of a panic :-)
Who said anything about them using balloons? :-)
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Balloon artists may create funny inflated dogs,
>I trust they have found someway of stopping the ballons from popping.
>Could cause a bit of a panic :-)
Who said anything about them using balloons? :-)
Aug 11th 2004, 5:37 am
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B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
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> You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
> balloon artist intent on making me smile.
I felt grumpy at CDG, and I wasn't particularly delayed. Maybe it's the
hugely overpriced food, or the stench of cigarette smoke throughout most
of the place, or the bland, dull architecture, or the infrequent bus
connections between different parts of terminal B- I don't know, but
I'll try very hard in the future to avoid changing planes there.
David
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[]
> You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
> balloon artist intent on making me smile.
I felt grumpy at CDG, and I wasn't particularly delayed. Maybe it's the
hugely overpriced food, or the stench of cigarette smoke throughout most
of the place, or the bland, dull architecture, or the infrequent bus
connections between different parts of terminal B- I don't know, but
I'll try very hard in the future to avoid changing planes there.
David
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David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
Aug 11th 2004, 5:44 am
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:37:16 +0100,
[email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
>[]
>> You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
>> balloon artist intent on making me smile.
>I felt grumpy at CDG
Normally you would have to visit Eurodisney for the experience.
[email protected] (David Horne) wrote:
>B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
>[]
>> You know, when I'm feeling grumpy the last thing I want to see is some
>> balloon artist intent on making me smile.
>I felt grumpy at CDG
Normally you would have to visit Eurodisney for the experience.
