Why I was late"On the way to the station, I got hit by a bat, it almost took my head clean off. Then the machine would not accept my ticket and the guy at the gate didn't think I looked like the photo on my travel card. So I had to go home and get my passport.
Then the train was 45 minutes late to the station because of the dangerous badger threat at Carpenters Park.
When I was on the train it took and hour and a half to get past the biscuit factory because the driver was really fat.
Then there was a delay stopping at the station because the train in front had heard we were coming and decided to play a practical joke with a rubber shoe on the track.
That is why I couldn't get here on time today."
What's your best excuse?
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chthonic, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 10:36)
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Aeroplane latenessA little cautionary tale, for those who are tempted by the low prices on budget airlines.
A few years back I and some mates went to the Austrian Grand Prix. As we wanted to do a bit of touring as well (and also because it was cheaper than flying to Austria and hiring a car there!), we booked a flight from Edinburgh to Munich, via Stansted, with EasyJet and had a hire car booked in Munich.
So the two of us who were leaving from Edinburgh turned up and checked in, only to discover our Stansted flight had been cancelled. We were to be meeting the other two at Stansted for the onward journey.
So off we went to the customer services desk:
EasyJet Customer Services Woman - "We've booked you on the next flight"
K2k6 - "But we've a connection to make at Stansted".
EJCSW - "Well, you should have made sure you had enough time to get it".
K2k6 - "We did, but you've cancelled our flight".
EJCSW - "Ah, but our responsibility's only to get you to Stansted, and we're doing that".
K2k6 - "But it's an EasyJet flight all the way".
EJCSW - "Yes, but it's two separate journeys as far as we're concerned, and it's your responsibility to check in on time".
K2k6 - "!"
WTF? It appears that despite the two flights being with the same airline, they were treated entirely separately.
In the end, we did make the connection, but only by barging our way off the aircraft, running full-pelt through Stansted airport and (almost politely) jumping the check-in queue. Our mates, who at that time didn't have mobiles, were somewhat concerned until two red faced, wheezing Scottish blokes appeared, somewhat flustered, just as the boarding call was being announced.
I don't fly by EasyJet much now, unless I have a pressing need to go to Stansted or Luton, which thankfully isn't often!
Length 39.5m. Wingspan 34.3m.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 29 Jun 2007, 10:54,
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