THE AMATEUR PARKER … Airport ParkingMakesMe Cry BY MELISSA BEAN STERZICK


required to obtain a boarding pass, go through security and meet them at the gate where they landed. The same processwas necessarywhen their visit was over and they were headed home.


T The whole thing was interesting, because


it was the first time in a very long time that I had parked at an airport. Security restrictions that prevent all of us


from sending off and greeting our loved ones at the gate have changed everything about parking at the airport, inmy opinion. At first, I felt a sense of loss at leaving my loved ones at the


curb, knowing they’d be alone in the airport for several hours we could have spent together. But I have grown accustomed to the


WO OF MY NIECES recently flew in to see me – arriving at LAX. Because they are underage,


I was


curbside adios and now feel slightly relieved to be spared the two-hour goodbye, crushed by the awkwardness of lobby limbo, trying to make conversation when you are surrounded by people, feeling paranoid about missing your flight, and trying not to cry. When I was a college student returning


to school after holidays and such, my parents used to wait by the gate until my plane actu- ally lifted off and flew out of sight. I always begged them to go home after I boarded, and they always promised theywould. But I knew theywere lying because I could still see them. This made me cry bitter tears for myself and for them, knowing we all missed one another terribly. I can only guess howmuch they paid to park for so long.


Whether I’m the one leaving or retrieving, not being


allowed inside the airport has made things simpler, and doubtlessly less profitable for airport parking operators. These days I pick up everyone who visits me on the curb outside bag- gage claim.Mymother,mymother-in-law,my friends – all gath-


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