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by Rafiki 12/24/2008, 10:00pm PST |
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But you know who needs to fail right behind the auto industry? The airline industry. Maybe we can pay Japan to run this one too.
I spent all goddamn day in the airport today, and couldn't even get rerouted on an earlier flight. Flights that weren't even empty! I walked up to the gate of one flight that was a different destination than my original, but was close enough that arriving 5 hours earlier was worth the slightly longer drive, and they totally couldn't switch me! There were open seats! It was the same airline! If I were on standby for a later flight to the same city, they could do it, but "the computer wouldn't let them" put me on standby if my original destination was different. I asked if they could just change my ticket and I'd eat the processing fee, and they told me I had to call the 800 number for customer service. I did that, and the guy on the phone said "the computer wouldn't let him" change my ticket because it was a partially flown ticket. Had I not flown to Detroit already, they could switch the destination. What kind of HAL9000 shit has the airline industry gotten themselves into where they're at the mercy of the computer system to provide convenience to their customers? I don't even care if I would have had to pay processing fee + the difference between the new and old ticket, I mean don't they realize I was stuck in Detroit?
I spent the rest of the day doing laps around terminal B playing musical departure gate since it changed every 10 fucking seconds, and watched as people lost their shit as their flights got delayed. One flight to Austin got delayed by over an hour because one of the flight attendants decided not to show up. You've gotta have some Alec Baldwin brass balls to pull that the day before Christmas and not kill yourself from guilt.
The shit-icing on my shit-cake filled with 3 layers of SHIT was my arrival after I finally got out of Detroit. It was pouring rain but they couldn't get a jet-bridge, so they let us all out on the runway. Just an extra-special middle finger from Northwest. I looked back as I was walking away from the plane and was surprised not to see the captain's bare ass pressed against the cockpit window.
BEST XMAS 08 AIRPORT MOMENT: Some woman apparently got shafted out of one of her flights. She was crying and hysteric and yelling at the gate agents on the other side of the airport. The only thing I could make out her saying was when some other guy at the counter said something to her I guess trying to calm her down, and she said,
"Excuse me, but do you work here?"
"Well, no."
FINGER TO FACE:"THEN SHUT UP." |
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How will I die in Detroit? by Rafiki 12/23/2008, 10:44pm PST 
Will I kill you tonight on an downtown train? NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/23/2008, 10:52pm PST
(Sweet Bobby Quine solo) NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/23/2008, 10:59pm PST
A poster's answer to this question is a great political indicator! by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/23/2008, 10:55pm PST
Raped to death by an invisible man. NT by Paul Verhoeven 12/23/2008, 11:49pm PST
There are at least three Caltrops posters of color NT by Everyone 12/26/2008, 8:51am PST
car accident NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/23/2008, 11:25pm PST
"accident" (road rage) hey they don't call it motor city for nuthin NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/23/2008, 11:26pm PST
And don't forget the motor city, all we need is music sweet sweet sweet sweet sw NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/23/2008, 11:38pm PST
"AFRICAN AMERICANS" NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/23/2008, 11:38pm PST
Fatal buggery NT by Entropy Stew 12/23/2008, 11:56pm PST
Kwame Kilpatrick's wardrobe will devour you whole NT by Fortinbras 12/23/2008, 11:58pm PST
Getting beaten to death after people read Jerry Whorebach posts over your should NT by Zsenitan 12/24/2008, 12:59am PST
Broken Heart NT by Mischief Maker 12/24/2008, 4:53am PST
Fatal mange. HEY BUDDY, SPARE MANGE? (You'll have plenty.) NT by laudablepuss 12/24/2008, 8:53am PST
Always bet on black (people) NT by Fussbett 12/24/2008, 9:06am PST
Detroit? We'll be right over, don't move (don't scream) NT by Google Lively Team, Now Unemployed 12/24/2008, 10:13am PST
Granholm was reelected based on the premise that she brought jobs to Michigan wi NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/24/2008, 4:26pm PST
ED-209 malfunction NT by Last 12/24/2008, 6:11pm PST
Or burning the fuckin money (can you fly Bobby). NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/24/2008, 9:42pm PST
BITCHES LEAVE. NT by Mischief Claus 12/24/2008, 9:58pm PST
I'M CASHING...YOU...OUT, RAFIKI >:( NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 12/25/2008, 12:30am PST
Look at my face. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 12/25/2008, 12:44am PST
Peter Adams will kill you NT by last flightmare fan 12/24/2008, 6:25pm PST
Cable-Moom crossfire NT by Forensic (NOT THE ORIGINAL FORENSIC 12/24/2008, 7:22pm PST
These predictions were way off, I totally didn't die by Rafiki 12/24/2008, 10:00pm PST
WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAT? NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 12/25/2008, 1:25pm PST
I still maintain you were raped by an invisible man. NT by Paul Verhoeven 12/25/2008, 10:46pm PST
I really regret giving you the movie rights to my work NT by James Baldwin 12/30/2008, 8:47pm PST
Nigga, WHAT? NT by Ralph Ellison, way to blow it moron 12/31/2008, 9:32pm PST
That post made my day. Three cheers for Rafiki! NT by Last 12/26/2008, 9:37am PST
Merry Christmas right back to Mischief Maker. by Fussbett 12/26/2008, 3:08pm PST
Shock, horror. She's bipolar. by Fussbett 01/04/2009, 12:03am PST
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