Airport introduces time limit on hugs | CNN
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In travel news this week: the Chinese pets earning “snack money” in cafés, a European capital that’s had enough of “drunk” tourists, and the New Zealand airport that’s curtailing caresses.

Dunedin Airport CEO Daniel De Bono weighed in on the topic in an interview with New Zealand’s RNZ radio. Describing airports as “hotbeds of emotion,” he pointed to a study suggesting a 20-second hug is enough to get a burst of the “love hormone” oxytocin and argued that moving customers along quickly allows more people to get more hugs.

  • kinkles@sh.itjust.works
    18·
    1 month ago

    I don’t see this as an issue. It’s a humorous take on an important rule at airport dropoffs- do your business and get moving so you aren’t taking up space in an area meant for high turnover.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    15·
    1 month ago

    When I was a kid, I would have killed for some kind of time limit that began when I was told we were leaving a family gathering and the time we actually left.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
    131·
    1 month ago

    That’s generous. I’ve been to some airports where if you stay for more than about 30 seconds, an officer will come and tell you you have to move.

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
      91·
      1 month ago

      Adding several extra minutes in an active drop off zone is definitely a big nuisance. There are cases where it takes time (eg with young kids) and there’s no way around it. But it’s not cool that hold up spots for no reason.

    • JasonDJ
      2·
      1 month ago

      Omg TF Greene (PVD) was like that. Don’t know if it still is.

      The security guard there likes the power trips. Even if there’s no other cars lined up at arrivals, and you can see your passenger walking towards you with bags in hand. She will yell at you and try to get you to move along and do a 3 minute loop around the parking lot.

  • LemmynatedOPEnglish
    125·
    1 month ago

    Soon they’ll start charging you for opening your eyes and getting entertainment.