OY! Sorry to say I was laughing reading this bummer this happened to you, have had similar waking nightmares in the past -Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: worst business trip ever... > > > From Anchorage, to Philadelphia > > Sat, 7 am > Plane supposed to leave 9 am. Arrive airport 7 am. Are told plane is > "broken" and we will be taking a different plane at 3:15. > Asked to check > bags, told will be spending night in Minneapolis - will get > bags there. > Wonder if it would be easier to have bags checked to philly, > and pack some > underwear in carry-on but dont' bother. Take hotel voucher. > Leave Airport. > > Sat 2:30 pm > Arrive again at airport for 3:15 departure which doesn't take > place until > 4:30. Arrive Minneapolis 1:30 am. Go to bag claim to wait > for bags. Wait. > Wait. Wait. Some bags come out. Look hopefully at carosel, > but no bags. > Carosel stops. A ton of people standing there waiting for > bags. Wait. 10 > minutes later a voice comes over intercom letting us know > that any bags > checked this morning were left on the tarmac - 120 of them. > Wonder why > baggage folks didn't notice that a plane with 200 people on > it only had 80 > bags. Rush to get shuttle to hotel as they are filling fast. > Cram into > shuttle like sheep. Wonder how will brush teeth. Wonder how > will brush > hair. > > Sunday 2:00 am > arrive hotel wait in very long line to check in. ask for > toothbrush, comb. > Receive toothbrush and wonder if one can brush hair with a > toothbrush. Run > across street to mini mart and get sandwich and some banana > clips for hair. > Call home. Look at clock, its past 3 and you need to get up > at 7 (thats 4 > am to Anchorage folks). You have now been awake 21 hours. Oh Joy. > > Monday > at 7:30 go to lobby to catch shuttle to airport wearing same > clothes as > yesterday. Once at airport have them explain that bags will > arrive at 7:57 > on carousel 3. Wait until 8:40 for bags. Retrieve bags. > Run to curbside > to check in with skycap. Skycap checks bags says to go to gate to get > boarding pass. Worry that he is wrong and try to do E-ticket > checkin E > ticket doesnt' work probably due to flight changes. Attempt > to go through > security without boarding pass. Are turned away because > itinerary is for > yesterday. Become really cranky due to runaround and lack of > sleep. Decide > not to wait in HYUGE line and go to first class line. > Explain to nice lady > how miserable we are and she checks us in. Whew. Go to gate > (are allowed > through security this time as have boarding passes), get on > plane and arrive > philadelphia. Get car. > > 3:30 pm > Arrive hotel. Check in. Rest and take very needed shower. > Brush hair. > Decide its time to eat before falling asleep. go eat, go > back to hotel and > check email. Hear a large BANG and lights all go out. > Wonder if you blew a > breaker since computer still works but then realize (DOH) > that laptops have > batteries (i had only 4 hours of sleep remember). Use laptop > to light your > way to finding your gameboy advance bag, which has a little > light in it. > use light to call boytoy and parents. Discover it has snowed > 28" in 24 > hours in anchorage and your puppy got so loaded with snow on > his underbelly > that he got stuck and could no longer move. His dad found > him lying like a > slug in a hollow in the snow and had to carry him upstairs > and wash him to > remove the snow from his underbelly. Want to go to sleep but > are afraid > will oversleep because clock will need to be reset. Call > parents until > lights go back on and can reset clock. Sleep. > > Sometime in the night notice clock is blinking. Reset clock > to Hotels in > house TV network with the meeting announcments on it. > Discover, in the > morning, that it is 10 miuntes slow and you are late for the shuttle. > Manage to get to class and enjoy class for the week. > > *********************************** > > > The flight home was somewhat less eventful - highlights > include having plane > leave an hour late and having to run at full speed to catch > connection at > the complete other end of airport in minneapolis and having > to sit in the > back with an entire basketball team of dwarves (it sounds > surreal, but it > was true) headed to alaska to do some fundraiser. > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > Anchorage, Alaska > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:17 AM > Subject: Re: worst business trip ever... > > > > I could have told you that. To and From??? > > > > At 08:51 AM 3/22/2002 -0900, you wrote: > > >ok, I have returned from the worst business trip ever, and > will never, > ever, > > >ever fly northwest again. > > > > > > > > > > > >--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > > >Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > > >Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) > > >Anchorage, Alaska > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
