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A local traveller was kicking himself today.
Brandon Smith, a 32-year-old plumber heading back home to Betoota this weekend was waiting politely at the baggage carousel for his luggage to emerge this morning.
However, after scrolling mindlessly through his feed of Instagram influencers, the Brisbane based tradie realised that he had completely missed his baggage.
Running over to the exit of the baggage carousel, Smith arrived seconds too late, as he watched his suitcase meander back into the guts of the airport.
Letting out a barely audible but charmingly public ‘Fuck’, Smith retired back to the back of the crowd at the Betoota Airport, coming to terms with the few minutes of his life he had just needlessly burnt.
Smith explained that he then had to wait for the best part of five minutes for his baggage to return to the carousel at which point he was left standing alone and feeling silly.
“I was just so shocked that my baggage came out first, I wasn’t ready for it,” he said.
“It’s like cooking one of Jamie’s 20 Minute Meals in 20 minutes, it just never happens.”
“So I wasn’t really paying attention, and then I missed it, and felt like a spoon,” Smith said.
Smith then walked out of the empty terminal to his girlfriend who had been parked there for nearly 15 minutes.
