Travel...
I left home at 7am this morning.... drove to the airport, and got on a flight... that flight landed in Charlotte... everything to that point was good...
However, upon landing in Charlotte... my day turned to shit. And I don't mean that nice smelling shit... I mean stinky-smelly-farty-shit.
Basically everything went wrong that could have gone wrong (and still have us arriving at O'Hare in time for rush hour traffic) did go wrong.
We went from one flight to two (or two to three if you count the day as a glorious whole)... one airline to two... arrived several hours later than planned... both the second and third flights of the day were quite bumpy (the first was a smooth as glass, in case you're wondering) and... just to top it off we spent an hour waiting for bags which would not arrive...
Now I know what you are thinking... you're thinking (if you know me at all), "David, you're not a patient man. I do not believe you waited for an hour for your bag"... well you're half right. After about 30 min we went over to the counter to complain... they looked at our flight number and said we should wait till 45 minutes... we went back after the 45 minute deadline was up... they brushed us off again and told us to wait for the hour mark... then they processed our claim at about the hour and 5 minute mark.
As of 8pm or so our bags still haven't arrived at O'Hare and won't utill tomorrow (at the earliest)...
So now I'm here in my hotel drinking a spiced apple malt beverage and wishing plauge and pestilence upon the uinborn children of several airline workers...
However, upon landing in Charlotte... my day turned to shit. And I don't mean that nice smelling shit... I mean stinky-smelly-farty-shit.
Basically everything went wrong that could have gone wrong (and still have us arriving at O'Hare in time for rush hour traffic) did go wrong.
We went from one flight to two (or two to three if you count the day as a glorious whole)... one airline to two... arrived several hours later than planned... both the second and third flights of the day were quite bumpy (the first was a smooth as glass, in case you're wondering) and... just to top it off we spent an hour waiting for bags which would not arrive...
Now I know what you are thinking... you're thinking (if you know me at all), "David, you're not a patient man. I do not believe you waited for an hour for your bag"... well you're half right. After about 30 min we went over to the counter to complain... they looked at our flight number and said we should wait till 45 minutes... we went back after the 45 minute deadline was up... they brushed us off again and told us to wait for the hour mark... then they processed our claim at about the hour and 5 minute mark.
As of 8pm or so our bags still haven't arrived at O'Hare and won't utill tomorrow (at the earliest)...
So now I'm here in my hotel drinking a spiced apple malt beverage and wishing plauge and pestilence upon the uinborn children of several airline workers...