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November 05, 2006
The bright side of being an idiot
Categories: Travel
My loyal readers will remember my priase at Northwest AIrline's feature that lets you download your flight times directly to Outlook. Well, I've discovered a minor wrinkle in that feautre -- everthing is converted to your local time. This resulted in me arriving at the airport for my 10:10 AM flight and being told by the computer check in that "your flight has already departed." That's right, my flight left at 7:10. the 10:10 time in my Palm was EST. CRAP!!!!!!
I am an idiot, of course for not realizing this earlier, or even checking the paper confirmation I had printed, which clearly said 7:10. I was rebooked on the 1:10 flight, but this meant I have 4 hours to kill in the Spokane airport and won't get into Charlotte until 10:00.
In a change of pace, I am going to try and focus on the bright side of all this. I am usually a "glass is not only half empty but filled with Sulfuric Acid" kinda guy, so this is a bit of a challenge.
1. I got a very good night's sleep. The 7:10 flight would have required me to get up at 4:30 or something.
2. I just had a nice breakfast at the Ramada Spokane Airport. They have free wireless, too (hence this post).
3. I should get a lot of reading done in The World Is Flat. I may even buy a magazine.
4. I have plenty of time to grade the extra credit papers I brought with me.
5. Sarah will have time after her open house today in case someone wants to go see another house or something like that.
6. I can watch one of the movies I brought. I wasn't able to watch one on the way over because I am having some battery issues with this machine.
That's all I got. Sure, I would rather get home at 5:00 instead of 10:00 and not have all this time to kill, but I am trying to keep a good attitude about being an idiot. Being pissy will only make the day worse.
Posted by Nakia at November 5, 2006 12:45 PM