Now I KNOW vacation is over

[DFW]

My wife’s flight from Boston to Amsterdam was canceled. She had to leave on an earlier flight, which means she has a five hour layover in Amsterdam, after a seven hour overnight flight, for the 35 minute connecting flight to Düsseldorf. Meanwhile, I have been sitting here at Logan airport since 2:30. My flight to Chicago was scheduled to leave at 3:55. It is now 6:30, and my flight has been pushed back for the fourth time to 8:00 PM—so far. This for a flight that takes two and a half hours.

Been away so long I hardly knew the place! Honey, disconnect the phone….

[elleng]

1. WOW!

Hope you enjoyed the vacay; assume you did (actually been thinking of y'all!)

[DFW]

4. Oh, yes.

Leaving was VERY difficult yesterday.

I’m slowly starting to understand why people retire.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear DFW! What a crummy way to end your much-needed vacation.

I'm so sorry!



May it all be over soon.

[DFW]

5. I think I can count myself lucky if I'm in bed by midnight!

In Europe they’re not allowed to do this any more without stiff punitive payments to the passengers.

[bottomofthehill]

3. Sorry buddy, trip back sounds miserable.

We got to the cape today and are looking rain 5/7 days still, a bad day at the cape beats a good day in DC

[DFW]

6. I heard we escaped a not so nice week, weather-wise

Still, I’d rather listen to and watch the rain in Truro than wait in a noisy (screaming, bored kids, with nothing to do) airport lounge in Boston.

[bottomofthehill]

7. Safe travels

[DFW]

8. Thanks! Looks like I'll be lucky to be in bed by 2 AM

Almost 9 PM and still in the waiting area in Boston. We’ll be between five and a half and six hours late. We could have left three hours ago, but Delta is missing a flight attendant.

I get the rules about timing out, and all, but this is a major international airport, and a major airline can’t find one flight attendant? I think I had better take another look at the plane, just in case a wing is missing.

[unc70]

9. Delta has been in near meltdown lately

Ever since the major IT outages affecting many airlines and others, Delta has been very slow to recover. Their generally high customer satisfaction ratings are expected to plummet.

[DFW]

10. They sure plummeted with me tonight!

I don’t think I have any more flights with them until December. This was so awful, I thought I was on American again.

At least their lounge in Boston had great food, even though I was not supposed to be let in. The woman at their club lounge took pity on me due to the long delay, plus she broke out into a big smile when I noticed her accent, and started speaking Spanish with her (she was from the Dominican Republic). It makes such a difference. Saturday morning, in Boston, my wife bought a woven basket at the open air market near Long Wharf. The saleswoman had an accent, so I asked her where she was from. She said “Kenya.” So, I said, “Jambo! Mimi nejué Kiswahili kidogo.” (Hi there, I speak a little Swahili). In reality, I don’t, but even that one phrase is way more than the average American on the street is likely to know, so we got a big smile there, too.

[zanana1]

11. I know suffering.

On Friday, I called for a cab to take me to the pharmacy. I sat in the scorching sun for an hour. No cab. I had to cancel it. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen...

[Phentex]

12. I need you to get stranded in Atlanta some time

I'd kill some time with you and the mrs.