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Post by raleighrebel on Jun 19, 2009 6:44:46 GMT -5
so i had to make a day trip to DC yesterday for our quarterly review. fly out of rdu at 8:00 and fly back at 5:55...and the office is about 30 minutes from the airport, not great to begin with.
so we roll out of the gate, out to the runway...and cut the engines off. well damn, this cant be good. so the pilot comes on and says we have a 10 minute delay due to weather in dc. no biggie...except he comes on 15 minutes later to add 30 minutes to the delay...and then comes on 40 minutes later to add an hour...so we sat in the tiny ass plane, the one and 2 seater, for a little over 2 hours on the tarmac. and i am not a small guy, so it really sucked for me.
well we get up there, the meetings are fine, and we head back to the airport. dc traffic kicks in...takes about an hour. we get to the gate...flight delayed 30 minutes. great, we can grab a beer...flight delayed an hour...crap.
so i finally get home, 2 1/2 hours later than scheduled...
ok, i am done crying like a girl (sorry ladies) but damn yesterday sucked
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Post by athens on Jun 19, 2009 6:53:03 GMT -5
wha wha wha Just kidding, glad you made it home safe through the bad weather...
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Post by goirish on Jun 19, 2009 7:05:26 GMT -5
Must have been something in the air, worked sucked here all day 7:30am-9:00pm, DC will have that effect sometimes.
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Post by goirish on Jun 19, 2009 7:06:55 GMT -5
and yeah the skies unleashed around here excpet not that early, it was fairly calm until around noon.
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Post by tophb21 on Jun 19, 2009 7:20:12 GMT -5
so i had to make a day trip to DC yesterday for our quarterly review. fly out of rdu at 8:00 and fly back at 5:55...and the office is about 30 minutes from the airport, not great to begin with. so we roll out of the gate, out to the runway...and cut the engines off. well damn, this cant be good. so the pilot comes on and says we have a 10 minute delay due to weather in dc. no biggie...except he comes on 15 minutes later to add 30 minutes to the delay...and then comes on 40 minutes later to add an hour...so we sat in the tiny ass plane, the one and 2 seater, for a little over 2 hours on the tarmac. and i am not a small guy, so it really sucked for me. well we get up there, the meetings are fine, and we head back to the airport. dc traffic kicks in...takes about an hour. we get to the gate...flight delayed 30 minutes. great, we can grab a beer...flight delayed an hour...crap. so i finally get home, 2 1/2 hours later than scheduled... ok, i am done crying like a girl (sorry ladies) but damn yesterday sucked Dude...man up! That's nothing. In seriousness, didn't you just sit there and think to yourself, "this all could have been done via video conference or webinar"? I had a similar trip like that two weeks ago.
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Post by Life's too short. on Jun 19, 2009 7:27:57 GMT -5
*sigh*
Damn it. I wish work sucked yesterday.
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Post by bigdawgs on Jun 19, 2009 7:42:02 GMT -5
I knew this was coming. Good luck on the job hunt Sad.
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Post by Geaux Tigers on Jun 19, 2009 8:34:13 GMT -5
Just a day in the life of those that travel our friendly skies.
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Post by tonythegator on Jun 19, 2009 8:40:19 GMT -5
*sigh* Damn it. I wish work sucked yesterday. I had some work, this week, and after not working in 4 months, DAMN, it felt good!!!
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Post by BAmaMAn on Jun 19, 2009 8:51:16 GMT -5
well we get up there, the meetings are fine, and we head back to the airport. dc traffic kicks in...takes about an hour. we get to the gate...flight delayed 30 minutes. great, we can grab a beer...flight delayed an hour...crap. so i finally get home, 2 1/2 hours later than scheduled... So you had a beer and then crap? Personally, I would have opted for another beer instead. ;D The main thing is you made it back home safely.
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