Food & Drink
CAN'T EVEN BUY A MEALWe flew to Hawaii to attend our son's wedding on American Airlines. Since the flight home was over 7 hours, we decided it would make sense to purchase the sandwiches that used to be free. We were seated in row 40, so when the flight attendant got back to us, she informed us with a smile that there were no sandwiches left to purchase. We were incredulous. None....can we get some pretzels or something? No, they don't do that anymore. She smiled and said, "They're always doing this to us. You might want to write a complaint to aa.com." She never said she was sorry. Luckily I had some trail mix in my purse which was the only food we ate during that long flight. What were they thinking? We paid over $1000.00 apiece for our tickets, and we cannot get any food; even food we have to buy?
We will not fly unless we absolutely have to. It is too stressful, too much of a hassle; it's an ordeal that we pay exorbitant amounts of money for. 7/08
FLYING ORDEAL LEADS TO BREAKDOWN
I was returning from Rome to Arizona in July of 2007. I chose Lufthansa because I had flown them many times before, and they're one of the most consistently good airlines I've flown. I flew a connecting flight from Rome to Frankfurt at 8:30 am. I got to the airport at 5:00 am. The computers were down and the airport was full of people, causing the woman in front of me to comment, "The mother of the stupid people is always pregnant." It took me three hours to get through that line. Although it was a morning flight, and they were serving breakfast, the stewardess thought it necessary to open a bottle of wine, which she spilled down my shoulders. This was a full-sized bottle of wine, and the flight crew was mysteriously lacking any sort of toweling. So when I got to Frankfurt, I already smelled like a bar.
My smell, however, was not a problem, because on my trans-Atlantic flight I was seated in the midst of a Russian tour group who appeared to have been enjoying the free drinks since they left Moscow. I should mention at this point that I speak five languages, and was unable to communicate with the drunk Russians to my left and right.
It turns out that United was running the trans-Atlantic leg of my flight, not Lufthansa. The plane they put us on was truly ancient. My seat was broken, the TVs were broken, and there was something wrong with the engine, so we sat on the tarmac on a particularly hot day in July in Frankfurt for two hours. The plane was so old that they couldn't turn on the AC. For two hours I knew what it felt like to be a Thanksgiving turkey. When the flight got up in the air, the on-board meal (the only one for a ten hour flight) was one of those little pre-packaged bun sandwiches you used to get on cross-country flights. Also, they were charging for alcohol, which made the Russians angry (I think).
Because of my delay in Frankfurt, I missed my connecting flight and had to be re-routed to Las Vegas. Here I am after 14 hours of flying time, I smell like a bar, my back hurts from sitting in a broken chair for 11 hours, and I'm stuck in the Las Vegas airport for three hours, which is over stimulating on a good day. Needless to say, when I finally touched down in Phoenix and found out that they had lost my luggage, I broke down. 11/07
A GREAT MARTINI
A good friend flew in from Chicago to NY, business class. His seatmate asked the stewardess for a martini. When she brought it, he thanked her and said that it was one of the best he ever had. A while later, to thank her again, he mentioned that he noticed that her bangs needed cutting, and as he was a stylist, he would love to return the favor of that wonderful martini and cut her bangs for her. She took offense and told him to not to talk to her like that. He said that he did not mean any offense, that he was not coming on to her, that he was gay, and that he was sorry. He did not have any more conversation with her for the remaining flight. When he landed, the police were waiting for him with handcuffs. Welcome to the new America! 11/07
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