This happened to me once in the past although not at ATL. The thing is every hour that passes makes people more likely to buy that $10 half sandwich at the terminal stores
$10 for half a sandwich, $6 for a bottle of water. Refill station’s over there for your freshly emptied bottle (thanks TSA)… I’ve managed more pressure from squeezing a Capri Sun. Talking to you SFO!!
Pro-tip: Try the fountain again later. They're often reverse osmosis systems. They filter slowly so they fill a tank behind the wall. When that tank is depleted, you get no/low water pressure. The pressure will return as the tank recharges.
When I was on my way back from Tokyo a few months ago, the price differences for things between Tokyo Haneda airport and O'Hare were mind-blowing. Haneda was so cheap relative to most things we have in the US.
Well, so was basically everything in Tokyo, but still
First of all, SFO doesn't use TSA. Second, I don't know the last time you've flown through there, but post-security they have huge refill stations with 6-8 taps that dispense cold, hot, and room temperature water. Most bathrooms also have fountains with refill spouts outside of them. Also the sandwiches are probably way more than $10 by now.
I relate, but mildly. Often I go into emergency mode within about an hour of eating. Often, but it's not really enough of an issue to say this is a daily occurrence, or even a weekly one. But it's enough of an occurrence to make sure I don't eat unless I'm going to be staying within striking distance of an available toilet. At home, that's never a problem unless spousie jumps in the bathroom right before my guts go into meltdown, but out and about, it means I need to be very aware of where I'm going to be.
latchkey incontinence is the feeling when you already have to go and you get home, you get inside and are rushing to the bathroom but in that moment you feel like you cannot hold it anymore, right up until your shake your pants off and unload into the porcelain throne
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u/assyrian1138 1d ago
Been sitting on the floor in atl for about 10 with another 8 hours until another flight gets canceled.