Boo
Why do I only write after flying?
A plane ride is as good as the sum of the entire experience. However, I've found that having a good seatmate really helps. For instance, my last flight was really good, mainly because I had a nice seatmate. We talked throughout the flight - mostly around mealtimes - and both discovered that the 16-plus hour flight felt really short. A good book helps too. Coincidentally, we were both reading the same book; She had a paper copy while I read it electronically. Of course, we probably wouldn't have felt this way if the underlying product, both the hardware and soft product weren't to par. Thankfully, while it wasn't absolutely out of this world, it was good.
Unfortunately, this ended rudely when it was time for our domestic connections. The domestic terminal was amazingly full; and the lines were atrocious. I spent perhaps a half hour for check-in, and another 45 minutes at the ridiculous “security” line. Check-in for my prior flight took perhaps 10 minutes, and that was in part due to me trying to get a seat reassignment. Security lines at both SIN and BKK took less than 5 minutes. It’s a rather sad state of affairs. After I was actually in the disappointing terminal (yuck-this terminal was really bad for a domestic terminal when compared to IAD or even DCA), I discovered that my seatmate’s flight to Chicago – at least if I remember her destination right – was delayed for a quite a few hours. I feel for her; it would be really boring in this dingy building. I half expected my flight to be delayed too. Thankfully, it wasn’t. Service on board: Let’s just say that thankfully, exhaustion kicked in and I slept through the whole thing, despite some irritating person shaking his leg non-stop.
Did I mention how long it took to offload some bags off when I finally got there? However, Brandon would tell me that it was a miracle that the bags arrived.
A plane ride is as good as the sum of the entire experience. However, I've found that having a good seatmate really helps. For instance, my last flight was really good, mainly because I had a nice seatmate. We talked throughout the flight - mostly around mealtimes - and both discovered that the 16-plus hour flight felt really short. A good book helps too. Coincidentally, we were both reading the same book; She had a paper copy while I read it electronically. Of course, we probably wouldn't have felt this way if the underlying product, both the hardware and soft product weren't to par. Thankfully, while it wasn't absolutely out of this world, it was good.
Unfortunately, this ended rudely when it was time for our domestic connections. The domestic terminal was amazingly full; and the lines were atrocious. I spent perhaps a half hour for check-in, and another 45 minutes at the ridiculous “security” line. Check-in for my prior flight took perhaps 10 minutes, and that was in part due to me trying to get a seat reassignment. Security lines at both SIN and BKK took less than 5 minutes. It’s a rather sad state of affairs. After I was actually in the disappointing terminal (yuck-this terminal was really bad for a domestic terminal when compared to IAD or even DCA), I discovered that my seatmate’s flight to Chicago – at least if I remember her destination right – was delayed for a quite a few hours. I feel for her; it would be really boring in this dingy building. I half expected my flight to be delayed too. Thankfully, it wasn’t. Service on board: Let’s just say that thankfully, exhaustion kicked in and I slept through the whole thing, despite some irritating person shaking his leg non-stop.
Did I mention how long it took to offload some bags off when I finally got there? However, Brandon would tell me that it was a miracle that the bags arrived.
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