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title: The loudness of American airports
date: '2019-06-25T09:57:45-04:00'
layout: micropost
categories:
- microblog
- blog
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[Duncan Davidson](https://duncan.dev/posts/2019/05/europe-airports/)

> As soon as you arrive in the United States from overseas, people are yelling
> at you. First, they’re telling you which queues to use depending on which
> passport you have. Somehow, the printed signage doesn’t suffice, though I have
> a hard time believing that uniformed officers quickly barking orders at people
> is of much use to a foreign-language speaker.