Travel Plans....and why I don't make any
Hello everyone. Hope each and every one of you (who read my blog; and that would be 4, maybe 5 people) is doing just great! I certainly am. Have just been really really busy...umm sorry...lazy(the two words rhyme, ironically). Excuse my poor sense of humour (still with a 'u'; not turned Canadian yet) which is getting poorer by the day. I know I'm going to annoy a LOT of people when I visit home. Which by the way is probably going to happen sometime in July. Hopefully. I never tell anyone that I'm coming on so-and-so date, especially when its a question of going to another city. I tell them that I have arrived, when I ARRIVE. Want to know why? My family has a history of last minute travel problems, cancellations, etc. etc. etc. Here's how one story goes...
My dad works in the airline industry. With Air India. So we get FREE TICKETS....Yipppeee!!! Limited of course, but free all the same. To anywhere that Air-India flies, we can fly! Hehe. But...there's a catch. Our seats are always "Subject To Availability". 1 phrase that decides our holiday fate. Sigh. If the flight is full, we can't fly. Period. You got it right?
So what happened once was, Mom and I were flying from Kolkata to Ahmedabad to visit Dad. He had been posted there a few months back- a permanent posting, but he'd decided to brave it all alone because I was in Grade Xth and my Brother was preparing for the dreaded CAT. And since we weren't a joint family or anything, Mom had to stay back with us. So that was going to be my first visit to Ahmedabad; a city which would later become my home for 5 years.
Anyways, so we reached the Airport on time, checked in our baggage and all, and waited for the plane to board. Now since the flight was tight (I'm a born poet; see how everything rhymes!), we were asked to wait until all the passengers had arrived and the check-in counters were closed. Luckily there were 2-3 seats left when the counters were finally closed, so we got on board. The air-hostesses brought candy and juice like they always do. And I enjoyed my share like I always do. C'mon I was just 17!
Well for some reason, the flight wouldn't take off. 15 minutes past the take-off time, a flight pursor came upto us and told my Mom that they would not be able to accomodate us on that flight! Why? Some hot-shot people from the Aviation Ministry or the Board or something had arrived at the last possible minute, so....
Aaaahh.....who cares? Like I say to this day..."Main juice peene aeroplane chhadaa tha..." LOL. ROTFL. LMAO. Laugh as much as you want. But I wonder if anyone has had to suffer the embarrassment of being escorted OUT of a plane. Sigh. And there in a short but not-so-sweet story is one of the reasons why I don't like to tell people that I'm coming. Oh come on people, grow up!
P.S. The airline however wasn't Air India. I think it was Jet....
My dad works in the airline industry. With Air India. So we get FREE TICKETS....Yipppeee!!! Limited of course, but free all the same. To anywhere that Air-India flies, we can fly! Hehe. But...there's a catch. Our seats are always "Subject To Availability". 1 phrase that decides our holiday fate. Sigh. If the flight is full, we can't fly. Period. You got it right?
So what happened once was, Mom and I were flying from Kolkata to Ahmedabad to visit Dad. He had been posted there a few months back- a permanent posting, but he'd decided to brave it all alone because I was in Grade Xth and my Brother was preparing for the dreaded CAT. And since we weren't a joint family or anything, Mom had to stay back with us. So that was going to be my first visit to Ahmedabad; a city which would later become my home for 5 years.
Anyways, so we reached the Airport on time, checked in our baggage and all, and waited for the plane to board. Now since the flight was tight (I'm a born poet; see how everything rhymes!), we were asked to wait until all the passengers had arrived and the check-in counters were closed. Luckily there were 2-3 seats left when the counters were finally closed, so we got on board. The air-hostesses brought candy and juice like they always do. And I enjoyed my share like I always do. C'mon I was just 17!
Well for some reason, the flight wouldn't take off. 15 minutes past the take-off time, a flight pursor came upto us and told my Mom that they would not be able to accomodate us on that flight! Why? Some hot-shot people from the Aviation Ministry or the Board or something had arrived at the last possible minute, so....
Aaaahh.....who cares? Like I say to this day..."Main juice peene aeroplane chhadaa tha..." LOL. ROTFL. LMAO. Laugh as much as you want. But I wonder if anyone has had to suffer the embarrassment of being escorted OUT of a plane. Sigh. And there in a short but not-so-sweet story is one of the reasons why I don't like to tell people that I'm coming. Oh come on people, grow up!
P.S. The airline however wasn't Air India. I think it was Jet....
posted by Dibesh Saha at 12:09 AM
1 Comments:
does that 4 or 5 ppl include me?
every freebie has a catch....every freebie that could have been charged for.
orokom flight theke baar kore nile shotti khoob kharap lagbe...esp.oi boyshe aar if it's your first among many experiences.
p.s. ek saath itne updates!!! faucet has burst it seems...
Post a Comment
<< Home