First flight was delayed... got a FC seat, but no ground drink service due to delay... flew to ATL and GoGO was no gogo... got to ATL and I had 10 mins to make my conx... ran like a cheetah to the gate... flight was delayed over an hour... ate a Nathan's hot dog (good thing, but not Delta related) goto B 24 Crown Room.... Standing room only... grab a few TNTs (that was good too)... I am #1 of 43 on upgrade list... go back to gate and watch screen.... the whole time I am #1 on Upgrade list... then the confirm list pops up and soomeone gets the last FC seat... I am forced to sit in the back of an Airbus(next to an adorable Gold couple who really knew their way around the back of an Airbus) flight sits at gate for another 43 mins after boarding door shut due to "traffic and congestion behind the plane" how in the hell does it take 43 mins for a spot to open to back out a plane? Been flying a long time out of ATL and all of a sudden this has been an issue. Get to my dest and hump over to Hertz... no cars... better yet, the Hertz staff was very helpful and showed empathy*.... * means they did not care and frankly I am not so sure they knew they were at work or where they worked.






















but in any case, that is life on the road.... and that is not why it was a bad day...

Let's back up.... remember when I was in FC on the first flight? I do.... the basket came around and there was not a sunchip or Biscoff to be seen. This is like Batman without Robin, Simon without Garfunkel (Let's just pretend that whole solo career never happened, I am telling a story here), a Yankees fan without the ability to talk extra loud in public whilst no one listens, Ted Turner without Ted Turner, an Auburn Recruit without an envelope full of cash, a Frenchman with soap, a Gator Fan without jean shorts.... it was just all wrong... I am not 100% sure how to spell vaclept, but I know I was ..... vaclept as well as some other yiddish words.

I am still in the shock and denial phase. (Like Delta Mgt during the Leo M days) Someone tell me this is a Halloween joke. Someone tell me there is such a thing as a Halloween joke. A little part of me died today... and it was not my liver...