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Originally posted by Bungleau: Bummer! Sorry you had such a bad experience... it's not usually like that, but as a frequent traveler, I can tell you sometimes that it happens. Doesn't make it any better when it does happen, but it does. Last week, I was in Virginia for a day of work with a customer. I had a meeting with another customer the next morning at 8:30. Note to self: next time you schedule a morning meeting, don't drink first... Got to the airport to check in, and my flight was so delayed that they were already scheduling alternatives... it wasn't leaving for another two hours. Got to the checkin line, and they offered to get me partway there, and finish in the morning -- long after my scheduled meeting. No one else has any space to get me home tonight. Fine, I say. Rule #1 of travel: always get closer to your final destination. Send me to Cleveland, because I've got more options once I get there. I have a nice leisurely dinner, then head for the gates. I'll leave a message for the customer later that I'll have to delay the meeting. Hmmm... two Delta planes are sitting out at the gates. They fly to Grand Rapids... I wonder if they might be able to get me on board? Rule #4 of travel: "No" doesn't always mean "no". Sometimes it means "I am too busy to handle it". Sure enough, they can... and they can get me home tonight. Continental switches me over, and Delta gets me out of Virginia to Atlanta... ... only after we board the plane, they announce that Atlanta is shut down for bad weather. Tornados or something... I mean, really Still, we get out quickly, and I get to Atlanta with 40 minutes to make my connection... ... only we spend 30 minutes parked out on the tarmac. All that bad weather slowed everything down. Now I've got ten minutes, and great... I have to go to another concourse. I step out and check the monitors, and my second flight is delayed 90 minutes. No problem.... ... except that 90 minutes is optimistic. Ends up being almost three hours, during which people are rushing to make connections, failing, and getting very upset. I finally get home at two in the morning and get to bed at three. Then get up so I can make that 8:30 meeting. It's almost like being in college, but without the beer [img]smile.gif[/img]

lol! Jees o, that kinda sucks, love your last sentence though!