fun in airports

So last week I managed to go to 5 different airports in India, pretty impressive, huh, especially considering that I really really don't like flying.
See, after Anya got here we spent two days in Delhi then did a day trip (in the car) to Agra to see the Taj Mahal (a long day but no where near as difficult as everyone in Delhi makes it out to be), then we flew south to Goa for a few days. After Goa we flew on up to Udaipur. After saying farewell to Anya (from Delhi), I flew to Calcutta for a meeting. What is the 5th airport? Mumbai - we had to connect there to get to Udaipur. Technically we also stopped in Jaipur but didn't have to get off of the plane so I don't count that.
My comments on the airports are:
the nicest is Mumbai, they renovated it a few years back and it is sooo nice.
the smallest is Udaipur, I counted 5 departures over an 8 hour period. Strangely they had a really huge waiting area; my guess is that they have more flights during the busy season; but when it was time to board they just called us and we walked right out to the airplane - a prop plane, of course (not the smallest airport I've been to though, Bar Harbor in Maine is still the smallest).
the nastiest airport was Calcutta, seriously not clean, I had to hold my breath in the bathrooms and the building looked like it was falling apart. Luckily I was running late so my wait was really quick, thank goodness.
Delhi is the most improved. All the airports in India are being renovated, Mumbai is done and now they are working on Delhi and every time I land it looks a bit better.
Goa had the most foreigners and the least security - they never asked for our ID when we checked in...very strange.
Anyway, a few interesting (I think) thoughts about flying here. The check in process is slightly different in that even if you check in on line you have to get your boarding pass at the airport. Security is extremely high, each person gets a full pat-down with a metal detector wand. There are separate lines for men and women to go through and since the ratio of men to women flying is about 9:1, I always zoom through security. Also you have to put a luggage tag on your carry-on luggage that gets stamped with the date when screened, and they actually double check it when you get on the flight.
But, in Delhi while we were waiting for our first flight the craziest thing happened. We were through security waiting to board and this man starts yelling at the top of his lungs (no exaggeration) at the man working for the airlines because the flight was delayed. He grabbed the poor airline employee and pulled him over to the screen listing flight times and continued yelling while a bunch of people surrounded them. I was shocked that security didn't interfere but they just let him go on yelling. This lasted a few minutes then it died down. Then about 10 minutes later the man started yelling again and then starting hitting the doors to the tarmac at which point in time security did swoop in and deal with the situation.
The really strange part is that this isn't the first time I've seen someone yelling like this at an airport here, the first time it was because the luggage took too long to come out. Quite often it happens here that I see people interacting in a way that I consider angry and I've seen people yell loudly before in a way that would be considered totally unacceptable for anyone over the age of 3 back home and I just can't figure it out.
I'm just happy that man wasn't on my flight because I would have refused to get on the plane with him which would likely have caused all sorts of problems.
Anyway, this is your little insight into the world of flying in India.
Tomorrow, Goa!