It feels like I never left. Get to the airport this morning at PIT, park at The Parking Spot (highly recommended BTW), shuttle over to the terminal and had a nice surprise - Southwest has CURBSIDE CHECK-IN!
That was the end of the fun times - baggage man tells me that flight to Chicago Midway is canceled. 'Oh, really'? says the Fox. Get to the departures desk and everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - out of PIT is hopelessly snarled up, due to weather in Chicago. They had snow.
No kidding. It's the day before New Year's Eve and it's snowing in Chicago? Who knew? I mean, I doubt it has ever snowed in Chicago before - this must be something new. You mean to tell me that Southwest doesn't have another airplane to bring in? The one stuck in Chicago - is that like their only friggin' airplane?
I'm meeting the crew in Jax, I'm travelling by myself, so I say, well, book me out of Hopkins, or Buffalo. I can drive to Buffalo a lot quicker than I can drive to Phila or Baltimore. No dice.
I'm trying to stay cool (really) but I can feel the vein start throbbing in my neck and my vision is blurry because my eyeballs are rolled back into my head. Okay, Southwest - just what do you plan to do for me?
Get this - 05-friggin-30 tomorrow morning to Nashville thence to Jax. Means I have to leave my house at 0300. Hell - I'm usually getting IN at 0300 - not heading out in the middle of the night. But it could be a lot worse. The lady at the counter told me Ft. Myers passengers are rebooked for JANUARY 3! I could take the bus with the Blue Band and beat that.
Any other sojurners out there - hope you have better luck than I. It will be something to laugh about if we win. But I'll tell ya - the entire airline industry is run by slappies, idiots, morons and imbeciles. Serves them right to all go bankrupt. The airlines are right down there with Comcast and Ticketbastard for the worst outfits in America.
That was the end of the fun times - baggage man tells me that flight to Chicago Midway is canceled. 'Oh, really'? says the Fox. Get to the departures desk and everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - out of PIT is hopelessly snarled up, due to weather in Chicago. They had snow.
No kidding. It's the day before New Year's Eve and it's snowing in Chicago? Who knew? I mean, I doubt it has ever snowed in Chicago before - this must be something new. You mean to tell me that Southwest doesn't have another airplane to bring in? The one stuck in Chicago - is that like their only friggin' airplane?
I'm meeting the crew in Jax, I'm travelling by myself, so I say, well, book me out of Hopkins, or Buffalo. I can drive to Buffalo a lot quicker than I can drive to Phila or Baltimore. No dice.
I'm trying to stay cool (really) but I can feel the vein start throbbing in my neck and my vision is blurry because my eyeballs are rolled back into my head. Okay, Southwest - just what do you plan to do for me?
Get this - 05-friggin-30 tomorrow morning to Nashville thence to Jax. Means I have to leave my house at 0300. Hell - I'm usually getting IN at 0300 - not heading out in the middle of the night. But it could be a lot worse. The lady at the counter told me Ft. Myers passengers are rebooked for JANUARY 3! I could take the bus with the Blue Band and beat that.
Any other sojurners out there - hope you have better luck than I. It will be something to laugh about if we win. But I'll tell ya - the entire airline industry is run by slappies, idiots, morons and imbeciles. Serves them right to all go bankrupt. The airlines are right down there with Comcast and Ticketbastard for the worst outfits in America.
