Baggage Claim

Watching people at the airport baggage claim makes me extremely depressed about how little our civilisation has progressed. Everyone crams themselves right up against the conveyor belt to that they are in a good position to grab their bag. Of course, there is not enough room for everyone to be front row, so when someone at the back's bag shows up they generally have to force their way to the front and pull their bag off in haste, which generally involves taking a few people out. It is just so obvious that if everyone just stood back a few paces from the belt until their bag arrived, people could casually and safely grab their bag, and it would be just as quick. It makes it difficult for me to believe that we are ever going to make any progress with any of the bigger issues facing the planet, when people have this inherant petty selfishness.