Here’s the thing: Terminal 5 is massive. The walk from the TSA checkpoint to Gate M37 feels like a forced march through a Costco warehouse, but with fewer free samples and more travelers holding enormous Toblerone bars. Pro tip: if you land at Gate M53, bring a sandwich, a compass, and a will to live.
But here’s the twist: that same long walk means you’ll pass the best people-watching on the planet. In five minutes, you see a German businessman arguing with a vending machine, a family from Japan photographing a vending machine, and a guy from Texas asking, “Y’all got a Waffle House?” in a vending machine. It’s global theater.
