Busy New Zealand airport bans excessively-long goodbye hugs

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Nary a shred of marketing panache within airport management to promote empathy with: “Please limit your drop off time to three minutes so that others may use it too” rather than “Limit human emotions to three minutes!” …?

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“Fonder farewells” should be accompanied by bad porn music.

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TIL: New Zealand has “Hug Police.”

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I’m totally fine with this rule. I really dislike long goodbyes.

(edit) It’s important to understand Kiwi culture. As a migrant my feeling is that rules like these are implemented to make things more efficient for others… sort of a “let’s do what’s best for the country (or in this case the airport drop off area)” This kind of thing, when it’s done here, is done to improve things for everyone; and not, say, for example, “let’s ban gender non-conformity because it makes members of the dominant culture uncomfortable.”

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Less PDA is a good thing!

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Not to mention all the stress surrounding the red zone / white zone situation…

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I’m (almost) never going to agree with you on that, but I will go with “right time, right place.” This is specifically for the drop off zone? Yeah, keep it short.

I don’t care what kind of tearful, heartfelt goodbye you’re having except as it impacts my experience. Don’t block the door, don’t block the road, and don’t leave stains on the carpet.

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This will never catch on in Minnesota.

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Your rules ain’t going to stop me huggin’ a New Zealander man!

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Kiwi women, well a significant one, can give a very good hug in three minutes.

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This just appears to me as though they’re encouraging people to bang in the car park.

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What makes ya think we don’t?

heyoooooooooo!

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Sort of like being blocked as you try to proceed down a supermarket aisle because of the two people (apparently friends) with their own carts having to stop and chat-chat while ignoring you completely and then you having to ask them to move their fat asses. Sort of like that.

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Well … I’m with you right up till the body shaming part, aside from that, yes.

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