In case you have never done it before, I recomend that you try to miss a connecting flight. You get this sudden calmness flowing through you the instant you realize that there is no chance whatsoever of you making it.
Of course, this is not quite as soothing if it happens to be Christmas Eve, but if it is a bit before 8 on an ordinary Monday morning it is very nice. Just make sure that you get stuck in an airport terminal with a nice selection of food.
Fact: The Googleplex has a DDR machine.
I still havn't heard from the hotel about
this. I'm getting more and more worried.