Infernal airlines. Was all set to have a nice long trip from Minneapolis to Dallas to Chicago to Buffalo to do some partying... leave it up to Air Traffic Control to throw a wrench in things. We get on the plane in Dallas, get out to the runway... "This is your captain speaking - its snowing in Chicago so we've been delayed 30 minutes". Another few minutes go by... "This is your captain speaking - we've been delayed 90 more minutes". Fortunately I was sitting next to someone interesting for a change... a nice girl who works for a glass company in Niagara Falls (canadian accent and all). Turns out we're both trying to get to Buffalo and have had about enough of the cursed delays.
We get in the air, pilot makes real good time - and we're both very optimistic. There we go, sprinting across O'Hare (which, if you've ever done that you'll know is no small feat). Get all the way to the gate and the plane had JUST LEFT. They couldn't hold the plane of 30 people up 10 minutes for the 15 people who were coming in from Dallas trying to get to Buffalo.
After some hissing and spitting, I got a free night at the Hyatt Regency. So... to make the best of a cold situation, a bunch of us got sauced at the hotel bar courtesy of American Airlines. Now I get to wake up at 5am tomorrow to catch a plane to Buffalo to do some REAL partying. Good night.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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