Having Avoided a Loo-ming Catastrophe and Survived an Air Condition Malfunction…
… It was eventually about coming up trumps in another of those instances when travelling becomes a race against time
My better half was particularly excited about this vacation. It was going to be a lengthy one, and we had quite a few things on the agenda. We reached the airport fairly early. Or so we thought.
To our surprise, there were only a few people lined up for the security check and ours was over in a jiffy. One look at the monitor indicated the gate, and the fact that there were no other flights scheduled to depart from the same before ours. With time at our disposal, we headed to our favorite coffee shop, grabbed the bean drink, took a seat with a view, and saw a slew of flights landing and taking off.
The only flight that was yet to land was the one that we were waiting for. The boarding gate was close to the coffee shop, and I kept checking for any change in the scheduled departure. The display screen remained static, even as the time passed by. The scheduled boarding time had passed. So had that for the final call. They neither changed the display settings nor bothered to inform passengers regarding the delay. All the talk regarding staff shortages in many airports…
