Left behind by a jet plane
April 23rd, 2007
Murphy’s Law does work! It goes “if anything can go wrong, it will.” Well, one Friday, everything that can go wrong, did.
I was to attend a funeral on a Saturday, so I decided to fly the day before. Got my ticket the previous week, planned and packed everything I needed to take with me. Made some appointments to see friends while I was there. I had my schedule all sorted out.
The day didn’t start out right. I was way behind schedule of every possible plan I made for that day. Misplaced my house keys. Left my money at the house. No cab would take me to the airport. In the end, it was traffic and plain stupidity, and of course Murphy, that were to blame.
I have gotten so used to always being late for my flight, but never actually missing it. Since I bought my ticket a week before, I got them cheap. And boy, now I know why they’re cheap. Airlines nowadays overbook their flights, and if one stupid passenger like me dilly-dallies, then one is toast.
Moral of the story: follow the instructions your airline or travel agent gives you. Be at the airport plenty of time before departure time. I learned the hard and costly way.
