The never ending day.
Got to Charlotte, walked the 17 minutes it takes you to get there from where we got off, waited waited waited.
They started boarding late and we got out of there late. Sat on the tarmac for 20 minutes and finally, 50 minutes late, took off.
\They blamed it on weather. There was no weather going on there and there wasn't any weather all the way to Dallas, that was just a bald faced lie to keep them from having to pay for hotel rooms. Arriving at the jetway, 15 minute wait just to get out of the plane. 6:45, flight leaves at 7:00.
Teminal E at one end of the airport, teminal a is where I was, I had no doubts, whatsoever, that the airplane would be gone by the time I got there, but I tried anyway. People were frantically running through the airport, most of the people on the flight had connecting flights going elsewhere. One dude was literally sprinting. We got on the Skylink, it was 7:00 pm getting off at terminal e, I just watched, amused at people attempting to catch flights that were already gone.
I walked at that point, and when I got there, they said the plane departed 10 minutes ago. Oh well. When's the next flight?
Lol. 9:00 pm tomorrow night.
The dude claims he fixed my ticket so that I can go tomorrow.
But it didn't end there. I was half decided to just rent my own car and drive home, but decided against it and called the company for a hotel. They got me a room, when I got there there were 4 people in line. I heard the lady at the desk telling people that they were receiving reservations for rooms they didn't have.
My turn, I already knew what she was going to tell me but I had to ask for I was tired and wanted to go to sleep. Nope, no rooms. So I sat down in the lobby and watched 20 plus people walking in, all of them had reservations, some of them reservations they had made long ago. I was waiting on whatever hotel, I told them I dont care, just call them first and make sure they have a room.
The lobby was literally full of people by the time I left, more people standing outside and even more people showing up. I've never seen anything like it. People getting pissed because yes, they even paid in advance and now being told there are no rooms.
Over to Candlewood Suites. Not my most favorite but it's whatever. I get there and the lady said the company didn't send clc by fax. So I sit down, start calling them back yet again. But, the lady found the fax and said here it is and here we go. Thank God. The only reason I"m on here typing this is because I am starving. The airport restaurants were closed and I was told due to covid19.
That virus can go back to the hell it came from.
The hotel has frozen food, lean cuisine to be precise and that is what I'm eating for dinner and lunch.
Tomorrow, I'll give myself a 90% chance that I will drive a rental car back to Longview and eat the cost myself. I have zero desire to be sitting here til 9:00 pm tomorrow night. I truly thought I was going to be home tonight.
And I will get another $300 for an extra day, that can pay for the car. The only thing I may have to consider is weather. If it's a downpour it's kind of hard to see when driving. But if I decide to drive home, weather isn't going to stop me lol. With that, eat this slop and go to bed. Oh, and my luggage is in Longview, I have no clean clothes or toiletries lololol.
