San Francisco Airport
2009 Best Airport
REGION: NORTH AMERICA
Runner-Up
Lasting Impressions....
"I have never been so caught up on emails! " (?)
"I have to say this is the dingiest, ugliest, darkest airport I've ever been." (?)
"San Francisco (SFO) has the most grotesque airport carpet found in the free world," (Travel Bum)
"in the mens restroom, if you go to the handicapped toilet, you might get a free hotspot (i swear, i uploaded some pics to my facebook from there)" - jinxie
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by jinxie
After wandering around the airport for a while, i discovered the perfect spot for a sleepover, or maybe lay down and relax..
i don't remember much, if I'm not mistaken, you have to go all the way to the left til you reach the elevator and go up, and around the BART terminal and the eating place (cant recall if it was a restaurant or fast food), ask for the restrooms there, and right in front of them (actually right in front of one of those stores where you can weight your luggage, before the restrooms) you will find my spot, a corner with a socket so you can plug the laptop and watch a movie or something, carpet floor to lay on, nobody around, restrooms and drinking fountain very close..
oh, and i don't know if this is still working (I'm talking about april 08), in the men's restroom, if you go to the handicapped toilet, you might get a free hotspot (i swear, i uploaded some pics to my facebook from there)
by Travel Bum
"San Francisco (SFO) has the most grotesque airport carpet found in the free world, outdoing the rancid shag of Salt Lake City, the astro-barf of Memphis, and even the infamous smelly-grandma casino rug of Las Vegas McCarran. It is so grotesque, I do believe it has its own ecosystem. Your feet stick to the carpet no matter what the season or weather. Just look at the bottom of your foot after you pass through the terminal ...covered with red carpet fibers stuck to the bottom of your foot. Here, must be the birthplace of SARS and Ebola. The seating in SFO is horrendous, with torn, shredded, and mutilated varieties of black and grey vinyl chair-benches. They compliment the carpet quite nicely in a sadistic and twisted way. This airport must be the place where dead gum wads come to rest, once they are past their chew. It is is truly the home of the nastiest carpet on earth. No one would dare place their face more than a few feet close to the dreaded San Francisco Airport carpet. The stench is strong enough to send a grown man into a dizzying spell- and the carpet of doom may well kill him, would he by chance tumble and perhaps faint upon it. Following some therapy, I recall the odor to feature hints of durian, Paresian subway, stale undercooked miso, and perhaps a rotten, sweaty jock with just a bit of saccharin sweetness. God save the backpacker who must slumber upon it."
