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Step out on glass at Sears Tower & Grand Canyon

Sears Tower, at the top of the tallest building in Chicago, is now featuring a walk in the sky. Well, it’s more like venturing on onto a four-foot box of clear glass on its 103rd Floor Skydeck. If you’re brave enough to go, you can see the city in all of its glory 1,353 feet below you.

Chicago isn’t called the Windy City for nothing, so you can imagine how it will feel when you’re out there and the box begins to sway. There’s a similar, but much more way-out glass deck feature now available for tourist visitors at the Grand Canyon. So, if you’re tempted to step out on the transparent suicide ledge either at the Sears Tower in Chicago and/or the Grand Canyon, go ahead. You’re already old, so what do you have to lose?

Suggested Cuss Words For Ticked-Off Sr Travelers PDF Print E-mail


You’re mature, experienced, and often have a very short fuse for delays, inefficiency, excuses, back talk and just plain discourtesy. Here are ways to take a stand to fight back with appropriate Ωß¶§ words to: 

Hotel clerk: That price is outrageous. I don’t want to buy the ƒ¶§≠ place, just sleep here for a couple of hours.

Taxi driver: I didn’t say go the scenic route to get me here. You have a choice. Do you want me to pay half of the §Ωåß rip-off charge or none at all?

Rude waiter: You’ve been snide, slow and stupid. The only tip you’ll get from me is: find another ƒå®´∑ line of work.

Airline counter clerk: Just get me on that  ƒ¥®∂ flight, and don’t call me dearie, sweetie or honey. I’m old enough to be your parent, and ƒ∆¥®∂√ thankful I’m not.

Maitré de: Turn down that §¶∆ø rock music and turn up the lights. It’s bad enough trying to eat this ∫¶≤µ overpriced meal in the dark.

Baggage handler: I suspect you flunked remedial reading class, because the label on my √∫©ƒ suitcase says Boston, not Botswana. Last time you sent my bag marked Philadelphia to the Philippines.
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Airport security guard: It must be nice for a pervert like you to have a job where you get your ∫¥¶∞ jollies by groping little old ladies.

Flight attendant: All right, I know you’re now charging extra for ¶§∆¥Ωß blankets, pillows, snacks and coffee. But I resent the ∫∂£œå∑Ω coin-operated toilet.

 

 
 
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