by CrazyTaraWitch » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:56 am
I was supposed to leave on a 6am flight this morning, get to Memphis at 7:44, head to Atlanta at 8:40, have a 6 hour layover in Atlanta, then fly to Germany and get there tomorrow morning. Instead, my flight out of Austin got delayed three hours because first one of the people who was supposed to de-ice the wings of the plane got sick and they couldn't find anyone else that knew how, then when there finally was someone else the de-icer broke. (No, I did not make up these names. The machine really is called a de-icer.) We sat on the plane for an hour and a half before they decided it was going to be long enough everyone should de-board and anyone who would be missing a connecting flight should try to re-book after we got off. I called the number they gave us, and was told there was no other flight I could take to Atlanta until tomorrow, which would make me a whole day late getting to my girl, but I could go on to Memphis and see if they could squeeze me in on a flight this afternoon, if not I could spend the night in the lovely Memphis airport and travel the rest of the way tomorrow. I wanted to talk to the customer service people in the airport, instead of just a guy on the phone, but there was a long line, and the flight to Memphis started boarding again, and I knew I'd miss it if I tried to wait long enough to talk to someone. So I flew to Memphis, and once I got here spent almost half an hour talking to a woman trying to re-book my flight. Finally she got me on a flight leaving tonight for Amsterdam, then tomorrow I fly from Amsterdam to Germany and get there 6.5 hours later than I was originally scheduled. I've already been in Memphis for an hour, and I have another 6.5 hours until my plane leaves.
Traveling just sucks today.
"To days to come."
"All my love to long ago.
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly...
~Jas