I'd say that's sub-optimal customer service.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Dec 19, 2016 6:20:34 am PST #4046 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
shrift - Dec 19, 2016 6:22:05 am PST #4047 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Standby flight is delayed. I don't know whether to wait for it, or just get on a train.
shrift - Dec 19, 2016 7:27:22 am PST #4048 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have a good chance of getting on the flight, so I'm risking it. If I make it and my luggage doesn't, then I'll have my sister take me to Walgreens.
Consuela - Dec 19, 2016 7:34:50 am PST #4049 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
oh, jeez, shrift. I think if the trains have a history of being on time, I'd probably go for that. Buy yourself a cozy overpriced scarf at one of the airport shops and take the plunge.
Did United at least put you up last night?
I started making stollen last night, and then realized it had to sit in the fridge for 12 hours. So I called in "delayed for errands" this morning, slept in, and now the stollen is in the oven. It flattened out a bit on the last rise, but I think it'll be okay. God knows there's a ton of stuff in it: raisins, cherries, candied orange peel, candied ginger, lemon & lime zest, and a cup of butter. Messiest dough ever.
Now I have to decide what to do with it when it's done. I may have to go to the chorus holiday party tonight just so I have people to eat it...
When this is out of the oven, it's off to the UPS shop to ship my nephews' Christmas presents. I found them a Calvin & Hobbs collection, and won a Coast Guard rescue boat in the office gift exchange.
Dana - Dec 19, 2016 7:36:13 am PST #4050 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Fingers crossed for good flight karma!
DavidS - Dec 19, 2016 7:43:02 am PST #4051 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
C'mon, Travel Gods, have pity on our shrift!
SuziQ - Dec 19, 2016 7:54:35 am PST #4052 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh Shrift.
I'm just glad that Google is creepy and knew I was flying today and helpfully showed my that my flight was cancelled. No notice from my travel agency. No notice from Frontier. All other Frontier flights are sold out today and tomorrow and the couple of other available seats on other airlines are insanely expensive. So, no trip for me. But it was a work thing that I can do on conference calls, not optimal, but we can make it work.
So, I'm back to my normal working from home routine. Which is actually kind of nice.
Sparky1 - Dec 19, 2016 7:59:51 am PST #4053 of 30002
Librarian Warlord
Yay, we finished in only 3 hours.
Connie Neil - Dec 19, 2016 8:02:54 am PST #4054 of 30002
brillig
won a Coast Guard rescue boat in the office gift exchange.
How did you get it home?
aurelia - Dec 19, 2016 8:03:09 am PST #4055 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Shrift, in all the holiday nightmare travel movies don't they all end with some heartwarming scene?
It 10° now and is supposed to reach 20° by 4pm. I'm dubious.