“Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself” is an observation that was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on December 28, 2014. “The airplane does the shipping and TSA does the handling,” one person commented.
“Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself” was again posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on October 24, 2017.
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself.
submitted December 28, 2014 by abyssalheaven
COMMENTS
BillyBraski
The airplane does the shipping and TSA does the handling.
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☠️ BLACKBEARD ☠️
@xBLACKBEARD
Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself.: submitted by abyssalheaven [lin… http://bit.ly/1HTzX0A
5:04 PM - 28 Dec 2014
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Dillon
@dillonnnoel
Replying to @Dillon_Harrison
“@Dillon_Harrison: Buying plane tickets is like paying shipping and handling for yourself.” High thoughts?
10:12 PM - 28 Dec 2014
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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself.
7:01 PM - 6 Jan 2015
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Buying an airline ticket is like paying shipping and handling for yourself.
submitted October 24, 2017 by CaptainSrkzm
COMMENTS
lfmann
And sometimes the package gets mishandled.
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