12 hour layover/8 hour delay blues
Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by Jackie Danicki
Actually, it could be worse. Or so I prefer to believe. (Why have I never before noticed how poorly designed O’Hare is? It’s worse for America’s reputation than…Oh, I won’t go there.)
Upside: I am getting much reading done. Just got to this, from Aeschylus, attributed to the Greek god Prometheus, circa 550 B.C., and loved it:
“It is easy of him who keeps his foot free from harm, to counsel and admonish him who is in misery.”
Only seven hours left before boarding…
Filed under: Life
we just got back from London, very very slowly- I am never travelling 2 days before Christmas ever ever again
good luck! freezing fog over there- quite festive though :)
My pre-Christmas flights were on time, but I spent 13 hours in a middle seat in a packed aircraft. (This is because something went wrong with Singapore Airlines’ online checking system and I wasn’t able to get a pre-assigned seat. Grrrrr).
If it’s any consolation, my longest ever journey took just over 50 hours. (Australia to England plus delays).
Merry Christmas
Ah, poor you. As a Chicagoan, I avoid O’Hell at all costs. Midway may be in the middle of nowhere, but it’s so friendly and simple by contrast. Midway is the corner store with the nice man behind the counter handing you samples of sausage; O’Hare is Wal-Mart.
There, was that metaphor sufficiently awkward or what?
Jackie,
I feel your pain. I was once stuck for 15 hours and ended up sleeping on the floor and got kicked in the head by some jerk