FormbyGirl
Sugar Cookie : GingerScraps Praise
Re: Thread: Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2019} Let's get to know each other!
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE PALAVER!
So, all is going well for the arrival of my cousin. My main problem is that the bed she is supposed to sleep on is a tall air mattress and it appears to have sprung a leak, so I ordered an actual bed, but that is not scheduled to arrive until the day after she does. SO, when I get home from work, I haul the queen size air mattress from storage, hoping that IT has not sprung a leak. I am getting ready to deflate the single bed and I notice that a deflate valve is popped out. Bear in mind that both my daughter AND husband have checked the bed. I pop the valve back in and voila! No more deflated bed. My guess is that daughter Karen popped it out by accident when she was making the bed. I still have the new bed coming, which I did not need to order, but in the long run will be comfier for visitors.
Once all that is sorted, I make the bed, put out fresh towels and get everywhere really nice looking for her. I make dinner for mum and have a cuppa, then head to the shop to get some snacks and drinks for Mary when she gets off the plane. My DIL Hannah does that and it is the BEST thing ever when you get off a long trip.
The airport is about an hour and fifteen minute drive. Once I get to the off ramp that takes you into the airport, though, the traffic begins. It took over 45 minutes for me to get the short distance to the parking garage. By the time I parked, her plane had been landed for 35 minutes. Still, I thought it was probably still just fine because it is in an international flight and she is probably not through immigration and customs. So I go to Terminal 4 to meet her and there is only ONE person waiting in the arrivals area. I check my travel App, it says terminal 4. The arrivals board says terminal 4. I download the American Airlines app, it says terminal 4. I ask an employee in the terminal, he said that it is definitely Terminal 4! The one person there is meeting his mum on the same flight and says it just does not feel right, so he calls his mum and they have landed at the international terminal. So we run over there and he finds his mum waiting outside. I look all over for Mary and cannot see her anywhere. I wait, watching people coming through into the arrivals area. There are tons coming in from South America and Asia, but I am seeing fewer and fewer from London, Heathrow coming through, but I wait. Her plane landed at 9:24, she finally got through at 10:54, an hour and a half later, one of the very last from the plane to come through!
It was not the time, actually, it was more the anxiety of the traffic, being late (I don't like being late!) then being in the wrong terminal and having to park forever away. I am still aggravated that EVERYTHING said the wrong terminal. I am baffled how everyone else meeting people seemed to know where to go when everything CLEARLY said Terminal 4.
Funny side comment, After I picked up Mary, I ran into a coworker there who was meeting his in-laws on the same flight. They came in from India through Heathrow. I did not ask how he knew which terminal to go to. I will today, though.
Another funny side comment, my friend and I were discussing personality types yesterday and one of the types was a 'Questioner,' who deals with everything by asking a million questions. From my husband while I am waiting:
Do you have Mary?
What's wrong"
What time is she expected?
What time does the board say she is arriving?
Do you have the correct flight number?
Have they deboarded?
Did you arrive after she landed?
How long after it landed did you arrive?
So about 10-15 minutes?
Does she only have a carry on?
Are people still walking up the ramp?
How long ago did the guy you were with pick up his mum?
Have you checked the bar?
Do you have an airline customer service number you could call?
What airline is it?
Can you contact American on your phone?
She was absolutely on that flight?
Did she send you her ticked info?
DId she sent a photo of it?
Did the plane arrive at T4 and taxi to Tom Bradley?
Are you at T4 now, or Bradley?
I was laughing when he was texting - I think he is definitely a 'Questioner!'
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE PALAVER!
So, all is going well for the arrival of my cousin. My main problem is that the bed she is supposed to sleep on is a tall air mattress and it appears to have sprung a leak, so I ordered an actual bed, but that is not scheduled to arrive until the day after she does. SO, when I get home from work, I haul the queen size air mattress from storage, hoping that IT has not sprung a leak. I am getting ready to deflate the single bed and I notice that a deflate valve is popped out. Bear in mind that both my daughter AND husband have checked the bed. I pop the valve back in and voila! No more deflated bed. My guess is that daughter Karen popped it out by accident when she was making the bed. I still have the new bed coming, which I did not need to order, but in the long run will be comfier for visitors.
Once all that is sorted, I make the bed, put out fresh towels and get everywhere really nice looking for her. I make dinner for mum and have a cuppa, then head to the shop to get some snacks and drinks for Mary when she gets off the plane. My DIL Hannah does that and it is the BEST thing ever when you get off a long trip.
The airport is about an hour and fifteen minute drive. Once I get to the off ramp that takes you into the airport, though, the traffic begins. It took over 45 minutes for me to get the short distance to the parking garage. By the time I parked, her plane had been landed for 35 minutes. Still, I thought it was probably still just fine because it is in an international flight and she is probably not through immigration and customs. So I go to Terminal 4 to meet her and there is only ONE person waiting in the arrivals area. I check my travel App, it says terminal 4. The arrivals board says terminal 4. I download the American Airlines app, it says terminal 4. I ask an employee in the terminal, he said that it is definitely Terminal 4! The one person there is meeting his mum on the same flight and says it just does not feel right, so he calls his mum and they have landed at the international terminal. So we run over there and he finds his mum waiting outside. I look all over for Mary and cannot see her anywhere. I wait, watching people coming through into the arrivals area. There are tons coming in from South America and Asia, but I am seeing fewer and fewer from London, Heathrow coming through, but I wait. Her plane landed at 9:24, she finally got through at 10:54, an hour and a half later, one of the very last from the plane to come through!
It was not the time, actually, it was more the anxiety of the traffic, being late (I don't like being late!) then being in the wrong terminal and having to park forever away. I am still aggravated that EVERYTHING said the wrong terminal. I am baffled how everyone else meeting people seemed to know where to go when everything CLEARLY said Terminal 4.
Funny side comment, After I picked up Mary, I ran into a coworker there who was meeting his in-laws on the same flight. They came in from India through Heathrow. I did not ask how he knew which terminal to go to. I will today, though.
Another funny side comment, my friend and I were discussing personality types yesterday and one of the types was a 'Questioner,' who deals with everything by asking a million questions. From my husband while I am waiting:
Do you have Mary?
What's wrong"
What time is she expected?
What time does the board say she is arriving?
Do you have the correct flight number?
Have they deboarded?
Did you arrive after she landed?
How long after it landed did you arrive?
So about 10-15 minutes?
Does she only have a carry on?
Are people still walking up the ramp?
How long ago did the guy you were with pick up his mum?
Have you checked the bar?
Do you have an airline customer service number you could call?
What airline is it?
Can you contact American on your phone?
She was absolutely on that flight?
Did she send you her ticked info?
DId she sent a photo of it?
Did the plane arrive at T4 and taxi to Tom Bradley?
Are you at T4 now, or Bradley?
I was laughing when he was texting - I think he is definitely a 'Questioner!'
:36_11_20:
