a fiasco.
or a shitshow.
or whichever hilary white euphemism you prefer.
so basically, i was away friday and saturday, and i get back sunday to pack and go to check-in online to my monday morning flight when i realize that my flight is booked for TUESDAY.
i booked the flight back in december, and i remember thinking i would be away sat-sun, which is why i wanted to give myself a day in between travel, but the weekend plans changed! SO. I was faced with a dilemma. I had already shortened my stay with hilary to get to florent's university gala on time on saturday, so I made the decision to change my flight to a day earlier and pay whatever fees would ensue.
Monday evening I headed for the airport around 6 and then had to wait as all of the other 140 passengers were checked-in. The guy at the counter was especially nice, exen apologizing for how easyjet changed it last minute to only one handbag on board, so that i would have to pay another 25 euro for my guitar. he asked me to sit around the corner until everyone else was done, and i was like, yeah sure no problem, just wake me up, i've had a crazy couple of days.
in about 40 minutes, he grabbed me and we went to the booking room to figure it out. His colleage was manning the computer, and we chilled for a while and chatted about life. I'm pretty funny when I'm a)completely over-tired from not being able sleep more than 3 hours a night since florent went back to france last thursday and b)forgot to eat all day because i kept making myself espresso and meaning to go get a sandwich. after like 15 minutes, the techie colleage admitted that it wasn't working, and the originigal guy, a guy named richie who is actually 100% philippino but has lived his whole life in austria, was like "it's cool, we'll do it the other way".
we head back to the check-in desk, he checks my suitcase and my backpack so i'm left stuffing some things into my guitar case, and then prints out my ticket and hands it to me. He then proceeds to walk away, expecting me to follow. I'm like "wait....I owe you at least 118 euro plus 25 for my extra bag...." and he looks at me and is like, "yeah, it's cool".
we go toward the gates and he asks if i want a beer. answer=uhh YES.
drink our heinikens, go through security, chill by the gate, He and the techie are the ones letting everyone on the plane, so we chill and i get to board first because apparently i bought speedy boarding back in decemeber? must've been drunk when i ordered the ticket, such a waste of 5 euro. Richie also said don't bother buying it anymore, i've got him.
so basically, richie saved me....150 euro about and made top ten most random awesome things to happen to me of 2011.
oh, and i also forgot my cell phone on the bus from the airport to oxford. hilary and i are heading to get it now.
Yikes, Lucy, Peter would say you are such a supermodel! And I forgot you had a guitar. Which one did you get? <3 mom
ReplyDelete:) pete would say that.
ReplyDeletei have a small undersize classical beauty with a shortened neck as well and this multi-colored case that i can wear like a backpack!! it has a lovely ringing sound, and is helping stretch my fingers.