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In short, use the cell phone lot.<\/span><\/p>\n Cell phone lots exist at many major airports for a reason \u2013 for people to have a place to wait in their cars completely stationary, reducing the risk of inadvertent collisions while doing laps around the drop-off point.\u00a0 The term comes from the obvious concept that when the person awaiting pick up is ready, both parties are in optimal and safe conditions to correspond over cell phones to arrange for pick up.<\/span><\/p>\n Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport was a little behind the curve, but they too now have cell phone lots.\u00a0 Unfortunately, nobody uses them; either people haven\u2019t been properly taught how to use them, or why they even exist or\/and they are simply too stupid to figure it out on their own.\u00a0 Subsequently, it is still a very common practice that people circle laps around the drop-off\/pick up area*, even in spite of the massive construction they are doing in the middle of the route, that impedes the flow and traffic to its usual disastrous conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n *it baffles me to this day that despite being the statistically busiest airport in the world, Atlanta\u2019s airport still does not have separate levels for drop off and pick up, as even a toddler could understand that one lane sharing two duties is less efficient than two lanes dividing them up separately.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maybe if people weren\u2019t so dumb and actually used the cell phone lot, then\u00a0stories like this, about numerous complains about Atlanta Airport curbside\u00a0<\/a>police, including over-aggression and general nastiness wouldn\u2019t occur.\u00a0 Or, if anything at all, make me not want to take the side of the po-po when I read stories like this.<\/span><\/p>\n Sure, there are some extreme cases that I\u2019ll agree are not appropriate and should not be condoned, like when cops go Incredible Hulk on, and arrest a guy for waiting 17 seconds, or body slamming women to the ground.\u00a0 These are unfortunate incidents that should really have punishment for the offending police officers, but they\u2019re very much exceptions, as if police brutality were occurring on a daily basis, then this would have been a way larger story, and brought up a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n However, the story cites that in the last calendar year, there were roundabouts of 82 complaints filed about Atlanta Airport curbside police.\u00a0 Aside from the incidents of police brutality with actual video evidence, I\u2019d be willing to bet that at least 75 of those complaints were by people who simply didn\u2019t like getting yelled at to keep moving, by an off-duty police officer moonlighting as curbside police, riding a Segway and wearing a neon vest.<\/span><\/p>\n The primary job of curbside police is to basically keep traffic moving.\u00a0 When cars stop and park in the pick up area, the police have every right to demand that you remain moving until you are actively picking someone up.\u00a0 Failing to adhere is a ticketable offense, and continued defiance could result in physical arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n Time spent dropping someone off, even I\u2019d agree that a little bit more time should be granted.\u00a0 A quick hug\/kiss\/handshake as a sendoff, and adequate time for heavy bags and luggage to safely be put onto the curb is requisite.\u00a0 But that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 No need to stare longingly at those leaving, or to field an email on the phone while you\u2019re still.\u00a0 Once that line is crossed, then sure, maybe tickets and\/or beatdown\/arrests become justifiable, but definitely probably more than 17 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n Either way, yes there are going to be a few exception police officers that have legitimate anger management issues, but for the most part, it\u2019s the fact that people abuse these simple rights that cause police officers to become agitated, irritable, and less patient when it comes to people lingering around where they shouldn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n As for cops getting mean and agitated, I can kind of understand it.\u00a0 As a creature of procedure and habits, I think I\u2019m pretty quick when it comes to recognizing procedure and protocol.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I don\u2019t recognize such ability in the vast majority of people I observe on a regular basis, people at the airport included.\u00a0 When they fail to understand or just plain choose to not observe rules and protocol, I can see why cops get agitated with them, and eventually take it out on everyone.\u00a0 Maybe they shouldn\u2019t get physical, but I get why they pissed off at everyone.\u00a0 I don\u2019t even work there, and I get irritated, when I see the same car circling the drop zone, and stop in front of me three times, and three times get shooed off by the increasingly agitated cop.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s the peoples\u2019 fault, 99 times out of a 100.<\/span><\/p>\n And that\u2019s why so many of the complaints are mostly dismissed, because aside from the few viral exceptions, so many of them don\u2019t have any weight.<\/span><\/p>\n You know how many cops there are in the cell phone lot?\u00a0 One.\u00a0 His job is to make sure people don\u2019t abuse the cell phone lot, and try to use it as long-term parking.\u00a0 To make sure that all cars have an occupant in it.\u00a0 Another duty is to adhere a 30-minute time limit per vehicle, but so few people actually use it that they often times don\u2019t bother with that one.<\/span><\/p>\n Cell phone lots.\u00a0 Potentially making the airport a more pleasant place, if only people knew how to utilize them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In short, use the cell phone lot. 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