TheFranciscos.Net

This week sucked. The picture below sums it all up.

Flight delays and cancellations are inevitable in the life of a business traveller, but this week’s trip just takes the cake. I had to spend one night in Houston enroute to a customer site at Biloxi, MS because of thunderstorms. Good thing M & D now live there so they were able to pick me up and I was able to spend the night at their place. Unlike some of the other poor saps that were forced to sleep on the floor of Terminal B, I got to sleep on a nice bed. The next day, after waiting to go on 4 flights on standby and not getting in, I finally got to Biloxi in the afternoon. My luggage didn’t fare as well as I did though, and actually didn’t see my luggage until I was back in Tyler. Anyway, I took a flight to go home the next day, and again, thunderstorms messed up my flight plans. I almost had to spend another night in Houston since all flights to Tyler were cancelled. I lucked out though and was able to rent the last available car at Advantage. I drove home that night, tired and pissed off at the whole week-long ordeal, but glad that I would be spending the night at home.

One thing I’m proud of is that considering how pissed off I was at the airport, I was able to fight off urges to scream and let off some steam at the customer service reps. In fact, I noticed that most of the people that were screaming bloody murder were people who (at least in my perception) weren’t frequent fliers. Maybe I’m just more patient with airport snafus since I deal with it all the time, but this week’s problems were above and beyond anything I’ve ever experienced before in my travels. Still I kept my cool. I must be mellowing in my old age.

Listening to: My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade