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You missed my point. To call a waiting lot a "cell phone lot" instead of simply and directly saying "Pickup waiting lot" or something similar, is the problem. Why call it a "Cell phone lot"? Nobody's pulling off the side of the road to talk on their wirelessly connected cell phone. This isn't 2004.TheSmokinPun wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:25 pmLook man, I'm sorry you can't abandon your car at the gate in a fire zone so you can wait an hour for your arrival because the baggage claim fell apart again. Move on.
It’s the term used at most airports. If someone has been to another airport, they will have seen a sign that says Cell Phone Lot. It was also called the Cell Phone Lot at old KCI so it’s not like it’s a new to KC thing either.im2kull wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 3:00 pmYou missed my point. To call a waiting lot a "cell phone lot" instead of simply and directly saying "Pickup waiting lot" or something similar, is the problem. Why call it a "Cell phone lot"? Nobody's pulling off the side of the road to talk on their wirelessly connected cell phone. This isn't 2004.TheSmokinPun wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:25 pmLook man, I'm sorry you can't abandon your car at the gate in a fire zone so you can wait an hour for your arrival because the baggage claim fell apart again. Move on.
Of note, the article has a list of airports with "waiting lots" open at that time, and Kansas City isn't one of the airports listed. The list also includes what the airport signs call the lot. The vast majority are some variation on "cell phone waiting lot" or "cell phone lot," but OAK called it the "park & call zone," BWI called it the "arrival waiting area," and SLC called it the "park n' wait lot." Oakland and Salt Lake City kept those names, but BWI has since renamed it the "Cell Phone Lot."It's a familiar drill. You wait until the last minute before leaving the house for the airport to pick up an arriving friend or family member, to minimize the wait. But unless you're lucky, airport police will have to shoo you away from the terminal door a time or two, the result of tighter post-9/11 security. So you drive the airport loop until the traveler arrives.
That, of course, was before airports discovered cellphone lots — free parking areas where the people picking up fliers can simply await the "I'm ready" call from the arriving traveler.
In less than two years, cellphone lots have gone from nearly non-existent to commonplace. Almost half of the 50 largest domestic airports now features such lots.
Chicago O'Hare and Washington Dulles have recently opened cell lots. Phoenix is considering building one more. Orlando plans to build one later this year.
I understand this. I'm saying it's time to update the phrase. This isn't twenty years ago. This is now.Sani wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:34 pm There's a USA TODAY article from 2006 about the then-new cell phone lots.Of note, the article has a list of airports with "waiting lots" open at that time, and Kansas City isn't one of the airports listed. The list also includes what the airport signs call the lot. The vast majority are some variation on "cell phone waiting lot" or "cell phone lot," but OAK called it the "park & call zone," BWI called it the "arrival waiting area," and SLC called it the "park n' wait lot." Oakland and Salt Lake City kept those names, but BWI has since renamed it the "Cell Phone Lot."It's a familiar drill. You wait until the last minute before leaving the house for the airport to pick up an arriving friend or family member, to minimize the wait. But unless you're lucky, airport police will have to shoo you away from the terminal door a time or two, the result of tighter post-9/11 security. So you drive the airport loop until the traveler arrives.
That, of course, was before airports discovered cellphone lots — free parking areas where the people picking up fliers can simply await the "I'm ready" call from the arriving traveler.
In less than two years, cellphone lots have gone from nearly non-existent to commonplace. Almost half of the 50 largest domestic airports now features such lots.
Chicago O'Hare and Washington Dulles have recently opened cell lots. Phoenix is considering building one more. Orlando plans to build one later this year.
So in summary, it's been the "cell phone lot" essentially since it was invented 20 years ago.
Architecturally mostly. I mean it's just a few boxes connected together. The artwork helps for sure, although I feel like most airports have some of that too.KCPowercat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:30 pm Wonder what made it feel bare bones to you? I mean it's basic build out so maybe that's it. I think the amount of art helps give it some character. It seems to be everywhere.