May 18, 2014,
on my way to Las Vegas again for a much-desired vacation from home:
Gate 20 Waiting Area
8:10 p.m.
There's this woman sitting behind me in the Delta gate waiting area who smells
like she took a shower in over-ripe floral perfume. I think it's time for me to
change seats.
On the Plane
8:30 p.m. And
now, sitting in the seat next to me – Economy comfort area, for which I paid
extra - is a very big and wide woman. Jeez.
9:05 p.m. The
woman from the gate waiting area with the heavy perfume aura is standing in the
aisle next to where I'm sitting. Traffic jam, she's not moving. Oh so stinky.
9:20 p.m. Only
thing missing is a crying baby. Oops, spoke too soon. Crying baby one row back
and to the right.
At the Gate
9:30 p.m. And
then ... a half hour after we pulled away from the gate, we're back at the
gate. Pressurization instrumentation failure, they said. The good news
(really?) is that the maintenance crew here can fix it. Déjà vu all over again,
haven't I been through this before? Yep. The last time I took Omni
International Air to Las Vegas.
10:45 p.m.
Announcement that a part will be replaced and the delay will be an additional
hour.
Gate 20 Waiting Area
10:57 p.m.
Text message from Delta Airlines, new flight time is 11:30 p.m.
10:58 p.m.
Damn! I smell the perfume lady, but she's nowhere to be seen.
11:15 p.m.
Announcement, the plane is fixed and they are reloading the plane.
On the Plane
11:35 p.m.
Pulling away from the gate.
11:45 p.m.
Wheels up. On our way at last.
2 comments:
How was it coming home?
Perfume and crying baby! All in one trip!
Not real good, Carolyn. It's the subject of my next blog post on Tuesday.
~ Craig
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