>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 > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
