I Was so mad, But Then
I will get to what happened to change how I felt soon but first I will give you the background. As you might know I spent this last weekend in Vegas with my wife. It was a short trip to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary. We have the two young daughters at home so just getting away to be with each other for a few days was the main idea of the trip. Even though like my last post said we are not really Vegas party people we do like to gamble a bit and just relax in the hotel. We always see a show this time time it was Mat Franco's Magic act pretty good might I say. Also try to enjoy a good meal here and there on the strip. So our plan for the Trip was to Fly to Vegas instead of driving from CA. It seemed like a good move we could afford it now just a hour flight from Long Beach there and back. So Monday when got a late flight home at 6pm and paid for the late check out so that was a 3pm.
Our last day went as planned to start a nice breakfast some time in the room....watching TV yes we never get to watch our shows anymore so we brought them with us. Then on to gamble she lost more and my winnings went down from 100 up to 40 down and then back to 60 up so I called it a day leaving with more than I came with but as a couple Vegas beat us again. We checked out and got our Uber and headed to the Airport.
On the way to the airport we get the first delay the flight will now leave at 7pm it says. A bit of a bummer as we arrive at the airport at 3:30pm. But we figure it is okay will give us time to eat and just talk and stuff till we head home. We face time with our daughters and start to hang out in the hanger. By 5pm we find out the plane that suppose to fly us broke down see it was going back and forth from Long Beach to Vegas all day. After getting a late start that was the first push back an hour it had some issues and they pulled it with no other plane. So we are sitting around with the people that where suppose to fly home at 2pm also still stuck and our flight is now 9pm. Here is where I get mad. We go up and offer to fly out tomorrow if they will only put us up in a hotel for the night. This is a Monday night hotels are cheap. They have a policy to owe us a credit for this delay we are already up to $100 bucks each that we would be waving but they won't do it. I just don't understand. We try to get on stand bye for other flights. I start yelling at Jet Blue on Twitter. They talked back but no help. I called in and knew more about the broken plan than the girl helping me. She was nice but of no help. So I I am pretty mad as the bounce us around from gate to gate. I won't be home to see my girls before bed and have no idea when I will get home as now our flight is going to leave at 11pm they say. So then something happens to remind me that my live is pretty good and I should not be getting this mad.
We get moved gates again. This bugs me makes me feel like they are just bouncing us around so we can't keep bugging the same workers. They move us to a gate that has another flight on the screen going to Fort Lauderdale at 9:50pm It is around 8:30 and we are sitting there now our flight is pushed to 12:15am and I am really getting mad. I am getting ready to go yell at someone for sure. When I hear a guy say "your not afraid of dogs are you?" I look up and there is a older man with a red hate with one word on it Veteran, with his companion dog . I say no cause in fact I love dogs. He sits next to me the dog comes up and licks my hand as I pat his head. My wife comes back just as mad as she got the same message on her phone. She had been at the charging station. We go on to find out that this man had fought in the Iraq wars and been a police man for 30 years in Long Beach. He had seen many messed up things and been hurt in the war. Yet he was a nice as can be. So sad that we got delayed a few hours and he really was. While at the same time telling us of the times his flights home from the war got delayed for days in strange places. Or the time they took him to Ontario Canada instead of Ontario California. He boarded is plane a little while longer and we got moved to another gate but my anger was just about gone. I still go annoyed as the flight home got pushed again and again. But was no longer filled with that need to yell at the workers.
In the end we flew home at 1:45am made it back to our house around 3:30am went to bed at 4:00am and had our daughter jumping on us at 7am. It was a long day today but it worked out. We did get that credit 250 each so 500 dollars. I still don't get why they wouldn't give us that hotel to avoid all this. But I guess I have a free flight for next year. I also was reminded that there are people that go through a lot more than I ever have or probably ever will and he was just one example of that. It is funny how strangers with words you need to hear can show up at the perfect times. A little magic that happened to me a few times in my life.
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I believe that everything happens for a reason and it is up to each and every one of us to discern or learn from every situation.
I know, it sounds easy to say and many have said the same.
Years ago, I was supposed to get on a ship - all booked and paid for by my uncle (I was just a kid). On departure day, my uncle took me and my brother to the dock, was turned away - we were refused to board. He was furious at the office ... days later, we found out that the ship sank being top heavy ...
Years later in life, I have a few times that I was delayed in traffic by "crazy" drivers only to find out that I avoided a serious traffic accident by just a few hundred yards ...
As for delays in flight, which happened a lot these days -
wouldn't you rather the maintenance crew or the air traffic controllers be overly cautious than to take unnecessary chances?
As for compensation, you'll always get what you paid for - in the long-term. It's not within the authorities of gate agents - if they can, they will, just to not anger the customers. I'll always be overly nice with gate agents because complaints should go to management.
I know this is probably too long ...
Finally, I think that people you meet in these unusual circumstances might sometimes be "angels" who will share their wisdom - the veteran and the dog - yes, the dog - if you paid attention.
I am glad that you returned home safely. You'll not know what could have happened IF you were not delayed. Perhaps, someday you will.
Have a great day sir!
Was not too long and yes all is very true we never know how we might have been saved.
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Airports can be really frustrating, but there can be good things that happen too. Good post. :-)
Thank you ya I was really getting upset then a few minutes later I am like wow this is small stuff.
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Thank you and greetings Things do happen for reason.
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