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January 29, 2008
Scenes from the Road....
At the Burlington International Airport:
The Gate agent at the Burlington Airport didn't want to wait on us because we used the Kiosk only entry line - there was no one around but us and 4 agents. He did, but mumbled something about people not reading signs to fellow co-worker.
At the Sea-Tac International Airport:
Our waitress greeted us with "Hi Guys are you drinking tonight?" Which in itself makes me all fuzzy inside when referred to as "guys" When Greg responded in the affirmative, she then asked for his ID. After much gafawing and comments about a big tip I realized she was serious. Yes, Sir, I believe you but it's our policy, we card everyone. If you think our reactions provided entertainment for our fellow diners, you'd be correct but it was nothing compared to the 75+ year old and his wife - I'm sure he is still pretty much slack jawed.
On the plane from SEA to EWR:
The man on my left had his headset volume too loud. For 4 hours and 33 minutes I could hear that grinding whispering noise coming from his seat. Why would someone call someone at 5:45am to tell them they landed and then tell them to go back to sleep?
...and BTW, I think it's time to stop telling passengers to "be careful when opening overhead compartments because contents may tend to shift in flight". Those things are so tightly packed because people people take everything they own on board these days, nothing is going to shift in flight. Actually passengers are in peril of being injured when one of those bins explodes in flight from over packing - one of those joke cans of peanuts with the spring snake comes to mind.
Scene outside the Burlington VT Federal Building yesterday after finding a prime parking place on the street:
Fran, having emptied wallet of all excess change for flight home frantically searching car for change for the meter, fails to find anything other than coin from Brazil...folds dollar bill to fit in slot of meter and runs in to gather IRS forms. Can't accuse me of stealing parking time....
Scene at my desk yesterday while making reservations online for next Seattle flight:
gggrrrr...slam bang...dial dial dial...punching in 15 digit card number now...what do you people mean my making a reservation tripped your fraud alert again! What unusual cluster? Do you not see thousands of dollars worth of airline tickets bought every year for 10 years? What is so unusual about this one or the last one for that matter....I don't want to have to go through this every time I try to plan a trip....gggrrrr.
Scene in the living room upon our return from Seattle:
Roomba tried in vain to continue his appointed rounds in spite of my attempts to give him a week off but he ran out of steam behind the couch. A few hours of charging and he was back on schedule Sunday morning...have I mentioned I liked Roomba?
Have a fine week all......
Posted by frani at January 29, 2008 08:21 AM
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umm... this customer service agent wasn't one of mine was he?
Posted by: Morgan ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.frani.net/weblog3//nav-commenters.gif)
at January 29, 2008 09:31 PM
Nooooooooooo, Morgan. I would be shocked if it was one of yours. Actually this guy was just an ass - his general demeanor at the gate podium was pathetic - obviously had no clue there were other people in the room/world than him (he?)Some of us passengers have nothing else to do but watch what is going on around us. It's as frightening as amusing sometimes.
Posted by: Fran at January 30, 2008 08:55 AM
Sorry I missed you when you were in Seattle. I had every intention of emailing you, and got too busy.
Posted by: bunnybeth at February 1, 2008 08:02 PM
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