Airport Delay at the Fresno Airport - Outraged Passenger
Some years ago, I had occasion to fly from Fresno, CA to Las Vegas. At the time, there were no direct flights to Las Vegas from the city where I lived, so I drove to Fresno to catch the flight. I was on my way to a convention in LV. When I got to the gate at the Fresno airport, I found that the flight had been delayed, and settled in to wait for it.
When I sat down, I could see, through the window, that there was a plane at the gate, one of those twin engine turboprop commuter planes that were in common use at the time. Part of the cowling had been removed from the starboard engine. Aha! Repairs were being made, and a crew of mechanics were on the job. Oh, well, I thought. We'll get there a bit late. Frustrating, of course, since I had planned to attend a press party in Las Vegas later that afternoon.
But, my thoughts were cut short as a man approached the gate desk and started ranting at the woman who was the gate agent. He was an older guy, in a business suit, and was railing at the poor woman in a loud, angry voice. He was telling her how important a person he was and that he had an important meeting in Las Vegas with a client, and that he COULD NOT BE DELAYED!!!11! He went on and on, and the poor gate agent kept trying to politely mollify this Type A Asshole. He continued to berate her.
After a few minutes of his haranguing, I had enough of it. He was harshing my mellow badly, and I wasn't happy about that. My frustration with my own delay was replaced by a more intense frustration with the moron at the counter. So, I got up, walked up to the counter, and tapped this guy on the shoulder. When I had his attention, I asked him to step away from the counter with me. I walked him to a window, and pointed out to him that the cowling was off the starboard engine and showed him that mechanics were busy making some sort of repair. I asked him if he really wanted to fly to Las Vegas in an aircraft that was in need of repairs.
Then, I pointedly explained that he was being an asshole to the person at the gate counter and that I would very much appreciate it if he took a seat and shut the fuck up. He did that. I resumed my own seat, and glanced over at the counter, where the gate agent mouthed "Thank you" silently in my direction.
Stuff happens. Planes get delayed. The gate agent can't repair the plane. The gate agent may not even know why there is a delay. The gate agent is there to check your boarding pass and see that only ticketed passengers get on the plane when it is ready to board. The gate agent is a low-paid employee who cannot make the plane fly if it is broken.
Please be nice to the gate agent. Thanks.
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You know what you do when your flight is delayed? Go to the bar and pay way to much for some beer and shots LOL
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This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
Incredibly rude, poster having a hard time at an airport and this mineral man dude who does nothing but dig in clay looking for andesite and diorite has to make a post mocking the poor sap. This is what makes DU suck. I mean really, come on, there is only so much bandwidth on the Internet and now a big chunk of it is taken up by this drivel. Please vote to hide so DU doesn't suck!
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Jan 2, 2014, 11:33 AM, and the Jury voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I had to think about this post long and hard, then I thought about diamonds. Voting to leave it because some day mineral man will come to my house and help me dig!
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: He is really being a meanie!
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Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT and said: voted to hide since he spelled two words wrong
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: I hate airports, I was in an airport once and these fucking assholes made me take my shoes off and run them through some machine. Then they took my 3K dollar laptop and turned the the damn thing on! Then this obese dude came over and groped my balls. This is bullshit, no airport stories allowed on DU. Voting to HIDE.
