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So this my unfortunately/fortunately story of the day. Get up at 5AM on Saturday to get ready for our flight out of Augusta. Wife comes down and says we've been bumped up 2 hrs. Cool, go back to bed. 10 min later, wife says our Atlanta flight has been bumped to Sunday. Crap, we have tours already paid for. Command decision was made to drive to Atlanta and see if we could catch something else. I call Delta customer service when they open at 7..."Due to high call volume, your wait time could be 3hrs." You just freaking opened.... But I was only on hold for an hour. "Your 10:20 flight out of ATL is still booked." Sweet.
We get there at 9, print the boarding passes...and they have the Sunday flight on them. Get in the non-moving "you dun goofed, A-aron" line. Delta lady comes from the back of the line asking why we're there, takes the passes and says she'll be back. In the mean time, the kid says that he doesn't have his ID. It wasn't an earthquake you felt, it was just my wife blowing a gasket. Made him haul ass to the parking to look for it. I was pretty sure it was still on the kitchen counter but tough crap. A friend was gracious enough to go to the house and look for the ID and send me pics. Obviously, the kid comes back without it.
The lady comes back with new passes for an 11:30AM flight. :wub; Tells us to just stay in the non moving line and they'll check the bag....waiting, waiting.....crap, we're going to miss the next flight so I ask if we can go to the regular check in....sure. :rolleyes;
Check the bag and the TSA line is a mile long. At this point, the flight is leaving in 25 min or so. A lady lets us cut in, thankfully. The TSA agent didn't even ask the kid (he's 18) for his ID. Guess that's a good thing. I set the scanner off, they swab my hands for C4 or jiz or something but no cavity search. Both carry on bags get pulled for a search. The wife is just about frantic. So we run to the tram, +1 for terminal A, get to the gate in time for the flight that's been delayed another 20min.
And I've only been up 6 hrs at this point. WTH are the next 4 days going to look like?
Note to self: The next time the wife says slow down because I'm walking too fast, I know she's full of crap. OJ would have been shamed.
Bonus pic of our VRBO. Renovated basement. It really was good. Clean, 2 beds and a bathroom. $100/night was $250 cheaper than the cheapest hotel option. The kid is 6'3".
pics after I catch up at work.
#exterousismyhero
We get there at 9, print the boarding passes...and they have the Sunday flight on them. Get in the non-moving "you dun goofed, A-aron" line. Delta lady comes from the back of the line asking why we're there, takes the passes and says she'll be back. In the mean time, the kid says that he doesn't have his ID. It wasn't an earthquake you felt, it was just my wife blowing a gasket. Made him haul ass to the parking to look for it. I was pretty sure it was still on the kitchen counter but tough crap. A friend was gracious enough to go to the house and look for the ID and send me pics. Obviously, the kid comes back without it.
The lady comes back with new passes for an 11:30AM flight. :wub; Tells us to just stay in the non moving line and they'll check the bag....waiting, waiting.....crap, we're going to miss the next flight so I ask if we can go to the regular check in....sure. :rolleyes;Check the bag and the TSA line is a mile long. At this point, the flight is leaving in 25 min or so. A lady lets us cut in, thankfully. The TSA agent didn't even ask the kid (he's 18) for his ID. Guess that's a good thing. I set the scanner off, they swab my hands for C4 or jiz or something but no cavity search. Both carry on bags get pulled for a search. The wife is just about frantic. So we run to the tram, +1 for terminal A, get to the gate in time for the flight that's been delayed another 20min.
And I've only been up 6 hrs at this point. WTH are the next 4 days going to look like?
Note to self: The next time the wife says slow down because I'm walking too fast, I know she's full of crap. OJ would have been shamed.
Bonus pic of our VRBO. Renovated basement. It really was good. Clean, 2 beds and a bathroom. $100/night was $250 cheaper than the cheapest hotel option. The kid is 6'3".
pics after I catch up at work.
#exterousismyhero
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