Dunedin, New Zealand, a modest town
of some 135,000 inhabitants, is not anti-hugging, but some folks
there—specifically airport officials—want people to hug quicker. Travelers
leaving Dunedin’s airport now have a three-minute limit on goodbye hugs in the
drop-off area. The idea is to prevent traffic jams. To that end, signs were
posted in September warning of the "max hug time."
Airport CEO Dan De Bono said three
minutes is enough time to say goodbye and avoid awkwardly long embraces,
adding, “We do not have hug police.” However, lingering hugs can continue in
the parking lot, where 15 minutes are free. Implementing the limited hugging
time stirred plenty of debate in Dunedin, but for me, reading this from afar, I
think visiting a place where a noteworthy problem is hugging too long might be
exciting.
Source: AP
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