[Dunedin] Airport introduces time limit on hugs
[Dunedin] Airport introduces time limit on hugs
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.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/24799790
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.
I can just see this.
Family hugging. Tears. Smiles. Well wishes.
Security: Move along people!
Large, kind kiwi bloke, with the sweetest voice: Bro! We're saying goodbye to our mother! Comon bro! Chill.
Ignore security. Keep hugging.
As they should.
Seems a bit excessive.
Heaps of people hug for more than 3 minutes bro.