What a Crazy Week...Part 1
This past week was crazy. I had the best time of my life, or at least close to it.
I went to New York City with Erin, and two other friends ( well I only knew one of them going into it as his girlfriend, who I didn't not know, came as well)
It was a very event-filled trip. It started about 5 minutes after we arrive at the terminal to check our bags. Eric discovers he has left his phone in the car, all the way back in the remote parking, 15 minutes there, and 15 back. As he goes back to get the phone, the rest of us check our bags, and begin to wait....
Flash to Eric, he is riding on the shuttle when he tells the driver he has left his phone and is trying to make a 8:40am flight. She says he won’t make it. Nonetheless she radios her other shuttle drivers to inform them of the situation and proceeds to skip the rest of her stop and take Eric straight back to the remote parking lot, and even radios someone to be there to take him back as she has to wait for other passengers.
Back to us in the terminal, security line was very long so Erin and I get in the line think that Eric and Rachel can just jump in where ever we are in line when he gets back. Well… after a while and no Eric, Erin and I make it through security and begin to wait….
To Eric again, he makes it back to the terminal and tries to self check-in, but can’t b/c it is to close to flight time, so he goes to the counter, and they wont print him a boarding pass b/c its too late. Crap. But wait, the lady says the plane is delayed and prints him a pass only to discover that it wasn’t delayed, but that she looked in the wrong place. Oh well, Eric takes off….
Meanwhile, Erin and I are waiting. I look at my watch, 8:30, and then to the screens with the departure time, our flight = FINAL BOARDING. Rachel is now coming through security, and Eric with boarding pass sees the really long line. He tells some folks of his situation, and they let him through the 30 minute security line in about 3 mins. We’re now all together, its 8:45, we run down the terminal and to the gate only to find a shut door, and an empty gate. The lady at the counter says we’re rebooked on the next flight and leaves. Crap. This sucks. We have to wait…but wait another lady comes to the counter and says there is maintenance on the plane, and then check our boarding passes, and UNLOCKS the door to the jetway, and we proceed to the plane, and sit down. It is now 8:55. We boarded the plane 15 minutes late, sat down, annoyed everyone around us as we talked about how we couldn’t believe we had actually made it onto the plane.
And this isn’t even 3 hours into the trip. More to come later…..
I went to New York City with Erin, and two other friends ( well I only knew one of them going into it as his girlfriend, who I didn't not know, came as well)
It was a very event-filled trip. It started about 5 minutes after we arrive at the terminal to check our bags. Eric discovers he has left his phone in the car, all the way back in the remote parking, 15 minutes there, and 15 back. As he goes back to get the phone, the rest of us check our bags, and begin to wait....
Flash to Eric, he is riding on the shuttle when he tells the driver he has left his phone and is trying to make a 8:40am flight. She says he won’t make it. Nonetheless she radios her other shuttle drivers to inform them of the situation and proceeds to skip the rest of her stop and take Eric straight back to the remote parking lot, and even radios someone to be there to take him back as she has to wait for other passengers.
Back to us in the terminal, security line was very long so Erin and I get in the line think that Eric and Rachel can just jump in where ever we are in line when he gets back. Well… after a while and no Eric, Erin and I make it through security and begin to wait….
To Eric again, he makes it back to the terminal and tries to self check-in, but can’t b/c it is to close to flight time, so he goes to the counter, and they wont print him a boarding pass b/c its too late. Crap. But wait, the lady says the plane is delayed and prints him a pass only to discover that it wasn’t delayed, but that she looked in the wrong place. Oh well, Eric takes off….
Meanwhile, Erin and I are waiting. I look at my watch, 8:30, and then to the screens with the departure time, our flight = FINAL BOARDING. Rachel is now coming through security, and Eric with boarding pass sees the really long line. He tells some folks of his situation, and they let him through the 30 minute security line in about 3 mins. We’re now all together, its 8:45, we run down the terminal and to the gate only to find a shut door, and an empty gate. The lady at the counter says we’re rebooked on the next flight and leaves. Crap. This sucks. We have to wait…but wait another lady comes to the counter and says there is maintenance on the plane, and then check our boarding passes, and UNLOCKS the door to the jetway, and we proceed to the plane, and sit down. It is now 8:55. We boarded the plane 15 minutes late, sat down, annoyed everyone around us as we talked about how we couldn’t believe we had actually made it onto the plane.
And this isn’t even 3 hours into the trip. More to come later…..
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