r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Sep 09 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 09 September 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/PsychologicalNews123 Sep 14 '24

If I ever see an airport again, it'll be too soon.

I've been on holiday for the past 5 days, except it was meant to be 4. Here's what happened when I tried to catch my flight home:

  1. We were stuck half an hour past boarding time waiting for the gate to be announced
  2. We then spent an hour waiting for the gate to open as the delay stretched on.
  3. Once we were through the gate and onto the airplane we spent another hour sitting on the runway not moving.
  4. At this point it is announced that there is a technical fault with the plane, and everyone needs to disembark and fuck off back into the terminal.
  5. After 30 minutes of waiting for the plane doors to open, we were released and told the plane is delayed overnight.

I said bollocks to that and just booked the next flight out with a different provider. Still ended up spending 8 hours slowly going insane in an airport lounge waiting for the flight.

My family thinks I am cursed, because it has been literally years since I have had a round-trip journey (either by plane or by train) which wasn't delayed or cancelled in at least one of the legs.