Originally Posted by
UrbaneGent
I can't believe I'm going to admit to this, but I was at IAD headed to ORD. It was 7pm, and I arrived late at the gate. The agent rushed me, opened the black door to the jetway bridge and I walked onto the plane. The flight was light and I sat in the bulkhead aisle in coach, the two seats were empty next to me, a gentleman sat across the aisle from me.
I closed my eyes, I was exhausted, and we took off. I hear the pilot say his thing and "....we will be in Rochester..." I opened my eyes and started to panic a little trying to register what I heard. I turned to the guy across the aisle from me and asked him:
"Is this plane going to Rochester."
"Ahh, yes."
"Minnesota or New York?"
He looked at me like I had three heads, "New York"
I took me EIGHT hours to get home. UA did accomodate me and I had to fly to Buffalo and then to ORD.
So I guess it does happen from time to time.
I did that once -- DRIVING!
I was flying into ROC but had to drive to Elmira (100 miles or so). Well, one time going back to ROC I programmed my GPS to Rochester and off I went (I had only driven 3 or 4 times so I didn't know the area and all of mid NY looks the same). After about 2 hours I was thinking "I should be seeing Genesee signs about now..."
I looked at my GPS and it said I had 45 hours left or something -- programmed for Rochester MIN!!
I called the airline,l got a later flight (and a laugh) and turned the damn car around -- all told 5 hours driving.