Dallas hell - American Airlines bungholios:
Well, what Dallas did for my colon, it did little for our patience and heart rate. Not long after my movement, the time came to board the plane. So the American Idiots called us up, asking for priority and pre board customers. So of course the entire plane crowds to the front. There we all stand for about 7 or 8 minutes before the lady announces that the flight attendants for our flight have not yet arrived, will be doing so shortly, but are arriving at the A Terminal and we are in D (remember a good dookie is in the Dallas D Terminal).
So we stand, and stand, and stand, and stand..for about 30 minutes. Finally they let the old people on board, then first class, then business class, then boarding group 1.... wait, what happened to preboarders?? I mean, at this point we already have to knock every first class and business class passenger in the head with a car seat.
According to the American Idiot associate, they do not preboard as a company policy. Of course, they did the opposite in Sacramento. So she wont let us preboard. Luckily we were in boarding group 2, but this still meant we had to hoist Maria and her car seat above 20 heads, then stand in line as everyone packs their wardrobe into the overhead bins. How annoying. As we were boarding, I said angrily to the American Idiot associate that their policy is a crock...and she says "Oh, I didnt know you were carrying the seat on board" Uhh, I told you three times b-----!
"Oh, I guess you COULD HAVE preboarded."
I think they still lynch folks in Texas...so I avoided causing bodily harm.
The flight went okay except we were 45 minutes late, making our 4 hour layover a 5 hour layover. This was the trickle down effect. Maria really started to get a bit fussy about half way into the 4.5 hour flight. Alyssa was a gem. Instead of arriving in Puerto Rico at 930pm local we got here closer to 1020 pm local. By the time we let everyone else off the plane except the old people, it was closer to 1050pm - and by the time our luggage arrived, we stood in a 30 minute line for a taxi at 1115pm. This meant we got to our hotel around midnight Puerto Rico time.
Trickle down? Well, the American Idiot associate back in Dallas forgot to gate check Alyssa's booster seat (not that we needed it here) which meant we had to wait for all baggage to clear the claim to see if they tucked it at with the baggage. Being 11pm, no one was working the lost and found. Arriving here at midnight rather than maybe 10pm or 1030pm meant the restaurant (Outback steakhouse) had closed and we had not had food in a long while. Maria was fussy, so her and Jule stayed in the room while my parents, Alyssa, and I took another cab to a nearby Chilis to eat. Chilis took roughly 45 minutes to bring 3 sandwiches and a burger.
We got back to the hotel at 130am.
My mom and I took a quick peek at the hotel's casino...so I was down at 2am PR time, which is 10pm pacific time. Having awoke in Sacramento at 3am, I was pretty tired as was the entire family.
Anyway, amongst other things yesterday. My dad misplaced his license, I misplaced our luggage claims tickets so we had to have security check our IDs. The charger for our iPod broke. We were informed by the very honest and well regulated local Taxis that we well overpaid for our cruise ship transfers today. And the damned remote control for the TV in the room was broken!
SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH....
thats okay. It's Sunday. our first look out of our hotel window at Puerto Rico (we are facing the moutains) is absolutely gorgeous! The holiday decor on display last night was amazing. The night life here is outstanding....as we were eating and hoping to get to sleep last night around 1am, most folks, dressed to the nines, were just getting out. San Juan seems like a really nice resort area, but I can only say from a glance from the window of a cab, a hotel room, and a Chili's.
In about an hour we drive to the cruise ship and leave all of our worries and Alyssa's booster seat behind for a few days. American Idiot airlines says it will be waiting for us, along with our regular lives, in Sacramento next week. Riiiight.
Bon voyage for now.
dr
Well, what Dallas did for my colon, it did little for our patience and heart rate. Not long after my movement, the time came to board the plane. So the American Idiots called us up, asking for priority and pre board customers. So of course the entire plane crowds to the front. There we all stand for about 7 or 8 minutes before the lady announces that the flight attendants for our flight have not yet arrived, will be doing so shortly, but are arriving at the A Terminal and we are in D (remember a good dookie is in the Dallas D Terminal).
So we stand, and stand, and stand, and stand..for about 30 minutes. Finally they let the old people on board, then first class, then business class, then boarding group 1.... wait, what happened to preboarders?? I mean, at this point we already have to knock every first class and business class passenger in the head with a car seat.
According to the American Idiot associate, they do not preboard as a company policy. Of course, they did the opposite in Sacramento. So she wont let us preboard. Luckily we were in boarding group 2, but this still meant we had to hoist Maria and her car seat above 20 heads, then stand in line as everyone packs their wardrobe into the overhead bins. How annoying. As we were boarding, I said angrily to the American Idiot associate that their policy is a crock...and she says "Oh, I didnt know you were carrying the seat on board" Uhh, I told you three times b-----!
"Oh, I guess you COULD HAVE preboarded."
I think they still lynch folks in Texas...so I avoided causing bodily harm.
The flight went okay except we were 45 minutes late, making our 4 hour layover a 5 hour layover. This was the trickle down effect. Maria really started to get a bit fussy about half way into the 4.5 hour flight. Alyssa was a gem. Instead of arriving in Puerto Rico at 930pm local we got here closer to 1020 pm local. By the time we let everyone else off the plane except the old people, it was closer to 1050pm - and by the time our luggage arrived, we stood in a 30 minute line for a taxi at 1115pm. This meant we got to our hotel around midnight Puerto Rico time.
Trickle down? Well, the American Idiot associate back in Dallas forgot to gate check Alyssa's booster seat (not that we needed it here) which meant we had to wait for all baggage to clear the claim to see if they tucked it at with the baggage. Being 11pm, no one was working the lost and found. Arriving here at midnight rather than maybe 10pm or 1030pm meant the restaurant (Outback steakhouse) had closed and we had not had food in a long while. Maria was fussy, so her and Jule stayed in the room while my parents, Alyssa, and I took another cab to a nearby Chilis to eat. Chilis took roughly 45 minutes to bring 3 sandwiches and a burger.
We got back to the hotel at 130am.
My mom and I took a quick peek at the hotel's casino...so I was down at 2am PR time, which is 10pm pacific time. Having awoke in Sacramento at 3am, I was pretty tired as was the entire family.
Anyway, amongst other things yesterday. My dad misplaced his license, I misplaced our luggage claims tickets so we had to have security check our IDs. The charger for our iPod broke. We were informed by the very honest and well regulated local Taxis that we well overpaid for our cruise ship transfers today. And the damned remote control for the TV in the room was broken!
SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH....
thats okay. It's Sunday. our first look out of our hotel window at Puerto Rico (we are facing the moutains) is absolutely gorgeous! The holiday decor on display last night was amazing. The night life here is outstanding....as we were eating and hoping to get to sleep last night around 1am, most folks, dressed to the nines, were just getting out. San Juan seems like a really nice resort area, but I can only say from a glance from the window of a cab, a hotel room, and a Chili's.
In about an hour we drive to the cruise ship and leave all of our worries and Alyssa's booster seat behind for a few days. American Idiot airlines says it will be waiting for us, along with our regular lives, in Sacramento next week. Riiiight.
Bon voyage for now.
dr
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