12.20.25: The Airport Gate Switch

Nothing humbles you faster than confidently sitting at the wrong airport gate for an hour. You've checked the board. You've triple-checked. You've made yourself comfortable. Then they announce boarding for a flight to somewhere you've never heard of, and you realize you've been in Terminal B instead of D this whole time. The walk of shame past all the correct passengers is brutal. Everyone knows. They can smell the confusion on you. By the time you reach your actual gate, sweaty and defeated, boarding is already halfway done.