Chicago O’Hare Bathroom Video Is So Bad It Makes Crowded Airport Lounges Look Like Luxury [Roundup]

May 24 2026

News and notes from around the interweb: When I complain about crowded airport lounges, with lines to get in, being not luxury – it’s all relative. The comparison for most isn’t whether the lounge meets some external standard… it’s ‘compared to the terminal’. So at Chicago O’Hare there’s this. Often people just want a clean bathroom. Hello @fly2ohare T2 @AmericanAir 🫣🫣🫣 pic.twitter.com/dMXO5AGowE — Rajjick 🛫 (@fergusonrodrick) May 23, 2026 Reminder that the Emirates Airbus A380 first class cabin is actually mid. (It’s just the shower that makes it special, the amenities, and the food and beverage program.) HT: Paul H This was kind of funny, especially the last line. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sam Morril (@sammorril) Airport Weirdo “a crowd-sourced gallery of funny and weird people spotted in airports.” Jumping…

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Both Engines Died At 41,000 Feet — Canada’s Metric Switch Left A Brand New Boeing 767 With Half The Fuel It Needed

May 24 2026

Forty-three years ago, a brand new Boeing 767 cruising at 41,000 feet over Canada went quiet as both engines failed — not because of sabotage or mechanical collapse, but because a metric conversion mistake had sent it into the sky with only half the fuel it needed. What happened next became one of aviation’s most famous survival stories: a powerless widebody gliding toward an old air base that was no longer really an air base at all.

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California Hotel Clerk Sees Israeli Passports, Calls Guests ‘Zionist Baby Killers’ — Then Posts The Video Himself

May 24 2026

A California hotel clerk saw Israeli passports at check-in, confronted the guests as “Zionists” and “baby killers,” filmed the exchange, and then posted it himself. The hotel says he no longer works there — but the video captures exactly why guests should not have to pass a political loyalty test to get a room.

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Viral Video Shows United Airlines Charging Senior Citizen $400 Extra For Ticket — What’s Really Happening

May 22 2026

A viral video appears to show United raising a fare by $400 after a passenger enters a senior-citizen date of birth, with the website saying the price changed “based on traveler information.” But this looks like a recurring website glitch where United pulls a senior fare that is not actually the lowest eligible fare.

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