Observations From Gate 17
Dec. 28th, 2007 02:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caraigJon, the Local Man of Some Curiosity But Not Quite Mystery, here at lovely Newark Liberty Int'l Airport with a DidjaKnow?(tm) moment.
DidjaKnow?(tm)...
o that United has replaced a good percentage of their ticketing counter people with ATM-style machines? (No bonus points for guessing if Diebold made 'em.)
o that United now charges for in-flight meals?
o that the airport has flights at all hours, but if you want a cup of java or even just plain bottled water and a stale croissant, you need to wait until about 5:30AM?
o that United now charges you for the priviledge of the 5 extra inches that sitting in a seat next to an emergency exit gives?
o that there is something called a "CerealBar" in the terminal? No joke, they sell cereal and milk. Probably bowls and spoons, too, I hope. The Tick was unavailable for comment.
DidkaKnow?(tm) is a trademark of Adam Warren. Maybe. He came up with it first, at any rate.
This post marks the first use of the DOGSNAKE! pic, for things that are just plain whackado beyond mortal ken.
DidjaKnow?(tm)...
o that United has replaced a good percentage of their ticketing counter people with ATM-style machines? (No bonus points for guessing if Diebold made 'em.)
o that United now charges for in-flight meals?
o that the airport has flights at all hours, but if you want a cup of java or even just plain bottled water and a stale croissant, you need to wait until about 5:30AM?
o that United now charges you for the priviledge of the 5 extra inches that sitting in a seat next to an emergency exit gives?
o that there is something called a "CerealBar" in the terminal? No joke, they sell cereal and milk. Probably bowls and spoons, too, I hope. The Tick was unavailable for comment.
DidkaKnow?(tm) is a trademark of Adam Warren. Maybe. He came up with it first, at any rate.
This post marks the first use of the DOGSNAKE! pic, for things that are just plain whackado beyond mortal ken.
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All Hail the DOGSNAKE!
Date: 2007-12-28 11:55 am (UTC)Though I suppose we get what we pay for, and if we're willing to pay for increasingly sucky ways to fly from point A to point B, we deserve what we get. :(
Ah well, at least domestic flights over here aren't that bad, quiet yet.
-- Brett
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Date: 2007-12-28 02:03 pm (UTC)1. 2 hour delay in Dallas. Got off the plane to stretch my legs, when I got back on, I saw three repairmen/engineers standing around one of the open engines. Not a good sign.
2. You had to pay to get anything that wasn't a glass of water.
3. Cramped seating on a dinky-ass MD80.
Southwest and JetBlue are the two best airlines going, right now. The rest are starting to blow goats.
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Date: 2007-12-28 04:38 pm (UTC)Greyhound in the Sky
Date: 2007-12-29 01:52 am (UTC)-- Brett