Home of the Soul Cookie

I must have one of these keyboards when they become available!

On this day:

1969: Apollo 11 astronauts walk on the moon.

2000: My first post here on Home of the Soul Cookie.

Vegas-to-SF flight was delayed.

It took about an hour for the checked baggage to show up on the carousel once we landed at SFO.

The cab ride home set me back $35. (No HP6 for me until next paycheck.)

Cats were very happy to see me, and very unwilling to let me go to sleep right away.

Up late, in to work, and here I am.

More about the fun things I’ve been up to shortly.

www.flickr.com/photos/soulcookie/tags/mccarran/

[Previously: America's worst... grr...]

So I’m stuck here at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas because my America West flight out of San Diego was well over an hour delayed in departing and the flight I was to have taken home left without me.

After trekking out to the ticketing agents, waiting in a huge-ass line, and dealing with AW personnel whose reactions to my plight ranged from indifference to strongly implying that this series of events was, somehow, my fault — not a single, goddamn person bothered to say “I’m sorry” — I’ve been put on a flight three hours later than I was to have taken.

Which means I’m taking a cab home when I get to SF.

Perfect.

The lesson of the day: Avoid America West like the plague. This was the first — and last — trip for me on this no-customer-service P.O.S. airline.

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