Department of Invidious Comparison

Anyone have any idea why both the third world countries I just visited offered excellent airport baggage service, while JFK took over an hour to offload my bag? Update Alex Massie sends along this article on the full extent of the problem.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2007/11/department-of-invidious-comparison/2266/