I had one more feed on the way to the airport before I left Oahu: a bowl of chicken and pork soba noodles at the Japanese food court at the Ala Moana shopping mall. It’s a good place to dine, and if you spend $10 you get a free beer.
The court (beer stand in the middle):
The meal, an excellent bowl of noodles.
More good news: there was no traffic at the airport TSA, I didn’t have to take my shoes off or take out my computer or liquids, and I wasn’t groped. The TSA were in fact actually cordial. Maybe it’s the aloha.
And here’s the aloha on the restroom signs:
TSA? Cordial? What sorcery is this?!
-Ryan
It’s known as ‘not paying them’. I have no idea why this should be so.
cr
Totally dependent on tips?
If the TSA is still working without pay when I go New Zealand in March I’m going to hand out copious amounts of cash to every agent I encounter.
Good for you. When in doubt, duke ’em all, is my motto.
I came up as a kid working in service jobs. Like Paulie the waiter in The Pope of Greenwich Village, I’ve been known to tip tollbooth attendants. 🙂
Just don’t try that when you get here (NZ). You’d most likely get arrested for attempted bribery. 😉
cr
It is not goodbye or farewell. It is “A Hui Hou Kākou.”
They have those same restroom signs at the airport in Honolulu in the smaller areas you wait in when island hopping.
I like the ones in Bergen & Stavanger – not sure if they’ve spread.