If ever there was a place where every person inside was guaranteed to already have luggage, it would be inside an airport. And yet ... the airport luggage stores persist. Who is going to these places? To answer, we will of course, unpack the story of the entire airport -- how these hellish modern places of security and commerce came to be. Alastair Gordon's Naked Airport. Unclaimed Baggage. Support Search Engine at search engine.show To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Welcome to Search Engine. I'm PJ Vogt. No question too big, no question too small. It's the holidays here at Search Engine headquarters. In this season, like all seasons, the questions continue to roll in, providing our team, I would argue, the sharpest take on the national pulse of probably Any news outlet? Anywhere? We know the world because we know the questions that people in the world have.
And that's how we know that the most pressing concern, the thing Americans most wonder about currently, has to do with our nation's airports. We got not one, but three listener questions, all on the same topic.
Hi, Search Engine. My name is Tiffany.
Hi, I'm John Morris.
And I'm Leah Siegel. And I have a question I'm hoping you can help me answer. What's the deal with airport shops?
Who the fuck buys luggage in airports?
Or are people buying luggage at the luggage store at the airport? I just cannot buy that anyone goes to the airport, probably waits and pays to check a suitcase, clears security, and then decides to buy another suitcase right before getting on their flight. Do they have a handful of clothing? Who needs a whole new bag in the airport after we've gotten through security?
Perhaps it's like a babushka doll type thing where you buy a bigger luggage and then put your luggage inside. But I don't know.
Who buys luggage in an airport? To spell out the paradox here, every passenger, in theory, goes to the airport with the amount of luggage they need. The luggage store is only accessible to passengers. I've never seen a fellow passenger with loose clothes spilling out of their arms. And yet, the store is there. It does not make sense.
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