flight delays
friday the 13th was a day i looked forward to.
i was finally going home! been in manila for a week but it felt like a month.
my officemates were a dear but i just missed my bed, and my lalabs and my dogs, and my family :) added to that, i had a date with the friendships! what remains of us (in cebu) that is.
anyway, i was early! leaving the office a little after 5 left me with just enough time for the required 1-hour check-in. so i waited. and waited. it was of no help that my entertaining ds-lite was out of batt :( i couldn't play with my mobile either for fear it will also go dead on me. i had to make do with the tv which was airing kapamilya shows.
finally, after 30 minutes past the expected boarding time, a voice-over announcing the flight delay was heard. hey, took them 30 minutes to realize that there were people waiting for the flight to take off at 19:40! the next etd was supposed to be 20:40.
it was another round of waiting, twiddling fingers, waiting, twiddling fingers, waiting. these were of course interjected with watching tv from time to time which was becoming boring already.
a little before 20:40, finally, we were asked to board! it was another 15-20 minutes before the plane was able to take off though.
Gawd! i would really hope that other than apologizing in the plane for the delays, at least they would inform the people while in the waiting lounge of how things really are. at least i can set an alarm get a good sleep instead of intermittent nods and wake ups for fear of dozing off and being left behind by the plane.
posted by einalen at 12:01 AM
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