Today I was sitting on the LAX Shuttle from the long-term parking lot to the different terminals. This bus had quite the mix of people, young and old, travelers and airport employees.
As we pulled up to the first terminal the bus driver sounded the automatic track that said, "Terminal 1: Southwest Airlines." The bus driver looked in his rear view mirror at all of us passengers and called out, "Anyone for Terminal 1?" He didn't see or hear anything, so he looked to bypass Terminal 1 and go straight to Terminal 2.
One of the TSA employees on her way to work saw an elderly man in the furthest row back start to slightly move when he saw Terminal 1. "You in terminal 1?" she asked. "Yes," he responded. Then she called out, "Terminal 1 stop please." Just as we were near the end of Terminal 1, the bus driver pulled over and let the older man out.
He didn't pull the "Stop Requested" line nor was he able to jump up or call out when the bus driver asked. But because of a friendly and attentive woman, he was able to get off at his proper stop - and his travels were made a little bit easier.
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