I guess I like the Southwest system because it gives me more control. I feel less at their mercy. And somehow flying with them seems less like a visit to an inner ring of hell than my recent experiences with American and Delta in particular.

SA, awesome hair & faboo hat!

Kristin, I'm glad you're feeling better.

Sorry about the delay, ND! That sucks.

Soz, I'm glad you're okay, but still! Freaky.

I really do not like Southwest. It really is the cattle herd boarding that does it for me. I like my assigned seating. Hell I go to movie theatres that have assigned seats.

BUT DUDE! If you were on Southwest you could seat yourself AWAY from the screaming child!

I really do not like Southwest. It really is the cattle herd boarding that does it for me. I like my assigned seating.

With you on that one totally. Still like JetBlue myself. Poor ND. If it were my kid I would have given them the tranq dart for you. And barfing in line. Oh my. I think TPTB should provide a private charter flight for ND.

And, if you were on Southwest, the plane would probably have taken off on time!

Personally, I've never had a problem getting a seat I want (window, baby!) on Southwest.

Signed,

Southwest Booster!

Sox; yeah Comcast peeps turn up in our street all the damn time.

I think they're looking for unauthorized clip-ins, imho. Service disruption - seriously? (sorry to those with family in the biz, but:) How often can you get Comcast out on a first call, much less 'just making sure everything's ok'....

Pete - Usually I'm fine about things like this - but I'm also used to living & working really close to a lot of neighbors who also work from home, and/or own restaurants & shops that I can go to if I'm feeling vulnerable, or have watched too much Law & Order... as well as a lot of other neighbors that will spork the stuffing out of anyone that bothers someone they know. It's nice to be in a neighborhood where other people are around during the day too. I think there are here - and there are certainly restaurants & shops - but I don't know them yet. I can see their (some of) routers, though.

Thanks Julianna & Sparky!

ND - best of luck on the flight. This sounds like it is rapidly approaching epic.

I'm firmly in the total dislike of Southwest group- mostly for the cattle call reasons, but also because I feel like the passengers become ruder when they are fighting for seats. I think it's very interesting that people either love or hate the airline.

Today has been a roller coaster and it isn't even lunch time yet.

Talked with my manager about frustrations with L - BOO
Got good support from her - YAY
Then she called and asked me to document problems with L - BOO
Manager and I also talked about other job ops for me within the company - YAY

Found an internal job posting for an interesting job - YAY
Almost double the salary - YAY
I know some higher up's in that department - YAY
Fear of rejection - BOO
Fought the fear and send higher-up a request for a recommendation - YAY
He said he would - YAY
But that he thought the job was filled - BOO
Got brave and called the person offering the job - YAY
Job is, in fact, filled - BOO

I'm exhausted.

Sox, I don't blame you. I once pissed off a neighbor upstairs because I was home alone and refused to let her repairman come in here and turn the water off. But I'm sorry..."Hi, I'm a repairman," is a very common sick killer trick and often ends with a workman carrying off a heavy roll of carpet with the remains of an obliging soul in it. And it's not like I could krav the guy. My neighbor was bitter for quite a while, but the whole thing hit me as phony. I suppose I should have died to keep the peace.

I HATE southwest. I've flown it before and not minded, but when traveling with 13 people that you can't check in before hand because we have PAPER tickets, it's a fucking nightmare. And we won't mention the 4 hour delay of flight, or the rude gate agent. I also hate the cattle call thing.