Unlike my luggage, I am back in town. I feel like I have a huge hangover! As usual jetlag has hit me bad. I flew back on Friday the 14th and it was a rough ride. To get on the plane that is; the flight itself was pretty enjoyable. No it was the mess before I got on the plane!
I was supposed to leave Tallahassee airport at 13:40 to get to Atlanta and leave there at 17:40 for Schiphol. I arrived at 11:50, said goodbye to Carrie and checked in at 12:00.
After I checked in and boarded the plane they announced that they had a weight problem. That's right: "a weight problem". Delta obviously did not do their calculations right and the plane exceeded the allowed weight for landing. So the pilot then gave the passengers the following option: if there where 3 volunteers that would get of the plane they would get 200 "Delta bucks" and upgraded to first class for their next flight. It was that or they would start to pick "volunteers" to stay behind. It took over 25 minutes before that worked out; very annoying!
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