On Sunday morning I accompanied my 16-year-old granddaughter to the airport to catch a flight home to Illinois. I didn’t leave the airport until her plane was in the air just in case they had to return to the gate.
After the plane pulled away from the gate a harried looking couple came running to the desk. The man was frantic, calling “Where’s the agent?”
He pointed at the plane on the tarmac, looked at me, and asked, “Is that the flight to Charlotte?”
“Yes, sir,” I said.
“Where’s the gate agent?”
I shrugged.
The woman remained calm while her traveling companion raged. “We’re late. We’ll have to take a later flight,” she said.
“But it’s right there!” He said, pointing out the window again.
The gate agent returned to angry demands. “You need to have that plane open up.”
“I’m sorry sir, but once the doors are closed the plane can’t return unless there’s a mechanical problem or the flight is cancelled.”
The man strode up and down the terminal aisle letting the few people still hanging around know how he’d been wronged. When the flight took off he finally realized that he wasn’t going to get his way and slumped into a seat.
Meanwhile, the woman calmly rebooked their flight to Key West through Charlotte, N.C., and checked their luggage.
I left, but couldn’t help wondering how the remainder of their vacation went. I’ll bet she’ll have a good time, regardless. Him, not so much.
Peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Hmmmm, I may have just “forgotten” to re-book a seat for that husband if he was mine. Seems like my trip might be better without a loud cranky-pants sitting next to me.
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I’m with you. And it seemed like this might be behavior she was familiar with.
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Key West?! I would be late for a flight to Key West.
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I would NEVER be late for a flight to Key West!
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I thought that was what you meant!
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Yeah… I think you are right. Rich fodder dear.
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I have a feeling these two will pop up in one of my books. At least for a cameo.
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All writers are squirrelers. People, places, objects, you name it xxxx
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My family members have recognized themselves in a few vignettes…
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Lol. Yeah i used the entire scenario of the mortgage mess my older girl was stuck in at one point in The Writer and the Rake. The heroine was never based on her and she never did what the heroine did re that, although I told her to, I am at double pains to add, (Lol it was where the idea came from ) BUT the mess was.
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If only she’d listened to you…
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The prefer to learn things the hard way.
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Always the truth.
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For some people it is never their fault
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He definitely felt entitled.
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Reblogged this on Disablities & Mental Health Issues.
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I dunno. If she has to put up with HIM, maybe it won’t be such a great vacation…
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True!
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Hola 👋😘
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