Never Fly Delta

So before I get to that I must say I did have a good vacation. The reason I didn't blog is because whenever I would get up I would kinda not turn on the comp and watch tv then when I did I realized I had to go somewhere soon. So I just figured I wouldn't write a blog that day and then the next day and so on. Only a few things on the whole tripped really bugged me. So if you don't want to read a long rant then well you came to the wrong blog because that's all I pretty much do. The first thing that bugged me was Delta. Delta has really blown in for me. I'm never flying that airline again. The first part of the trip was delayed. We were suppose to leave at 2:30 I believe and get there at like 3:30. Which it doesn't take an hour. Well we didn't even leave until 4ish. Now it was probably the weather that caused that, but the annoying part is that because of that I would have missed my connection flight if it hadn't have been delayed. That really annoys me. On the connection flight seemed like it was an ok flight, but I was pissed I was coming in late and didn't spend more time on my layover so I could have a good meal. Then on the way back Delta was just being stupid. They had two people at the check in station when they needed 3. There was a huge line of people for standby. They even over booked the flight. How the hell do you do that? So they asked 4 people to give up their seat. At first they just said for a $400 travel voucher. So I was like yeah that you have to use to get a flight out. Then they said you also get a 1st class seat on another flight. So yeah that was a decent deal. Then came time for us to board. Well there was an issue with a passenger wanting to sit by her friend so the person that was scanning our boarding passes was busy with that so that took forever. They finally got that done and we were able to leave. Lucky for delta we arrived early so I was feeling a little better about them, but I had such a tight connection that I couldn't go get something to eat. So I get there and the flight has been delayed 20 minutes. Yep that did it for me. I was pissed off. I could have eaten if the stupid flight board had showed that. Then when it came in there was a problem with a passenger. He needed a wheel chair. So they bring one....then they bring another one. Then they bring a straight back one. So I'm like great a fat bastard is on there. Why did he even get on if he needed that much help? Better yet why did Delta allow that or at least inform the crew that was going to be there at landing that they were going to need help. So they get him off finally and for some reason didn't wheel him out. They kept him right in front of the boarding door. They had 4 guys in red sweaters talking to him. The captain was there. Then they called him a taxi. So I'm looking at my cellphone and we should have started boarding. This goes on for 30 minutes. It's now 1:30 and the bastard is holding us up. Not just us, but the flight that is suppose to come in behind us. Then the fat bastard (yeah clearly don't like him) has the nerve to come out on his electric wheelchair and say smile everybody. Ooo I wanted to jump on him for that. Why the Delta staff couldn't just pull him out and talk to him instead of holding up our flight is beyond me. Delta is so bad at customer service. The need of the 1 outweighs everything. That includes leaving on time and arriving on time. In this case the need of the one is not that important. If it was the last flight in ok I get it, but when your holding up 2 flights that's when someone needs to say hey move out the way so we can board. I mean everyone was pissed off. The guy working the counter was clearly pissed. We are pissed because we aren't leaving on time because this fat bastard is holding us up for some reason. I probably wouldn't have been so pissed if we knew what the hell was going on. If they had said we can't board because there is an oxygen mask that this person needs and we have to find one then ok I'd be a little less pissed, but no nothing. I still don't know why they couldn't have just wheeled the fat bastard out as they were waiting for his taxi or whatever the hell the bastard wanted. So my advice is never fly delta unless you don't need to be wherever it is your flying right away or you don't want to be frustrated. Now before I was on the trip I contacted a friend who was so excited to see me and we set up a dinner date. We did this 2 weeks before I was suppose to come in. This was not something I sprung on them. Then I think the day before I was suppose to leave or something he e-mails me and is like oh I can't do our dinner date. I'm helping someone move all day and I don't want to drive all that way to have dinner with you. Well didn't say that last part so much, but it's basically the gist of it. So let me spell it out I'm not as important as they made me out to be. I come into town for a few days twice a year. I let you know two weeks ahead of time so you can keep that time open. And you help someone move instead. Yeah that pisses me off. Then he's all I'm sorry can you forgive me. And I said yeah sure I can in time. In time I will, but doesn't take away the sting of knowing I was so important and then getting shut down like that. Yeah I'm not talking to him for awhile. On top of that he won't be given first priority when I return in December. If he tries to set up a time then I'll say something like if I have time I'll see if I can squeeze you in. Ok that might be a little harsh, but yeah not going to get first priority. I mean to contrast I had a friend who said he was going to be somewhere and he wasn't, but that was because he had a family emergency. That I get. I understand that a family member takes priority over a friend and I told him I'll send him a prayer. I wasn't mad about that. I just felt bad I didn't know ahead of time, but the guy at least talked to me while I was in Texas over im and text. Now I will say that I was more upset about it yesterday with all the shit going on, but now that I got to workout this morning I'm not so mad, but just more hurt. I now feel better getting it all off my chest too. Still not talking to him for awhile though. He has to initiate contact first. Not me. So when I was home I finally got to watch RuPaul's Drag Race. I've been wanting to watch that, but Charter doesn't have Logo. Well on my package anyway. They were doing a marathon too so I get to watch quite a bit. There was one song that really stuck in my head. That was Jealous of My Boogie. Omg I love that song. Way too catchy. So I figured I'd post the music video. Let it get stuck in someone else's head for a change. Plus the beginning with the slapping is priceless. That was fun to watch on the show. Today's tip is if you manage to hold up a plane from boarding until 10 minutes after it's suppose to take off, don't stop and make chit chat. You might get punched.

In Texas

I'm back in Texas and it's nice. I was back yesterday, but I had tons of stuff to do. In the morning I had the dentist then I went to go visit my high school which has a program going on that I use to be apart of. One of my friends told me he'd be there and when I went to find him I couldn't. So I asked the program director and he told me my friend is in a different city because of a family emergency. I had absouletely no clue. After that I went to have dinner with my dad and see his new place. We went to a real mexican restaurant which you can't get up in Wisconsin. There is maybe one in the area I'm in and that's just because they are real Mexicans. Downside being that few of them speak english so if you don't speak spanish then there is a good chance it won't be correct. Anyway went to Braums which was nice because that's another thing we don't have up in Wisconsin. Plus it was a good day after the terrible day with Delta. We were delayed leaving the first place. We were suppose to leave at 2:45, but ended up leaving at 4ish. It was suppose to take 25 minutes to get to where we needed to. Nope took like 45. So we are late for our connection flight and if it hadn't been delayed then for sure I wouldn't be here. Ugh I can't stand delta. Should have gone with American Airlines. I better not get delayed again that's for sure. Well off to go do stuff.

Work time

So I'm back at work. Kinda hard to get back into the swing of things. There was a lot I did and it's just taking me a bit of time to get back into the swing. So I made sure to workout this morning to make sure I was up and ready for the day. I tried to incorporate some of the things I learned in the book I'm reading. A lot harder then you think. For instance I don't really do warm up sets, but the book suggest doing it. It's a lot easier to do with dumbells then it is a machine that you don't crank. Plus I am time restricted. I can only workout for at most an hour and some of my workouts are long as it is. Some are short so I can do a warm up set. Anyway my flight was another headache. When I check in I see my boarding pass is really a seat request which makes me nervous. Lucky for me I got it taken care of and I got all excited since it said I was a priority passenger. Turns out I was just able to board first and wasn't in first class. Anyway so as we are getting ready to board the plane one of the flight attendants told one of the first class passengers that he was going to have to put his luggage with the other checked bags. You know when you enter the plane, but you have to tag your bag. It's like checking it without the extra charge. So this guy throws a huge fit. Saying this is ridiculous. He's a diamond gold or platinum or w/e member. I mean throwing a hissy fit because he can't put his bag over in the overhead bins. So before we take off the pilot pulls him outside to talk to him. I don't know what about, but I assume it has to do with how he acted about the luggage. Or another complaint he had. Plus the guy got up like 5 times during the flight. Felt sorry for the guy next to him since he wasn't in an aisle seat, but a window seat. Then to make matters even better my 2nd flight had it's gate changed twice. Now I wasn't there for the first change I just know it was changed since it said on the board. The 2nd change I was there for. Luckily it was at the gate right next to the one I was at. Apparently the plane in front of us was having issues or something. Then for some reason they didn't start boarding us until 5 minutes after the plane was suppose to leave. Then after we boarded we didn't take off for another 10 minutes it seems. Got in like 5 minutes after we were suppose to because they overshot the arrival time anyway. In other news Jesse James is an annoying prick that will be on dateline tonight. He apparently isn't going on to talk about what he did to Bullock, but to defend himself and prove he's not a racist. He apparently was in a photo wearing a nazi hat and doing the nazi salute. He said it was part of a joke and looking back on it, it was in poor taste. Well duh. Plus that stripper also has a photo where she's all nazi up and apparently has the nazi symbol tattoo on her. He also says he's the most hated man in the world. Ok inflated ego much. Pretty sure there are tyrants that are more hated then the guy who cheated on America's sweetheart and posed for a nazi photo. Like I said I can't stand the guy. He never struck me as a person I'd want to be around and this just proves it. Today's tip is he who holds the purse strings shall hear snickering behind his back for he his holding a purse.

And back I go

Today I fly back to Wisconsin. I admit I miss working. It's weird being here and not working. Plus I didn't really do much because I didn't want to overshadow my brother and his accomplishments. I took some pics, but I'm thinking I won't post them on facebook. Keep it so that my friends don't know I was in town. I only told 2 that I knew wouldn't try to pull me away from the family although I found out one would have liked to hang out. He isn't feeling too hot. If I had known I would have found a time to hang out with him. My mom made it obvious that she will miss me. Had a good lunch with the family as well. So now today I have to pack. Make sure I have it all and then head off to the airport later today. Just hoping that nothing odd happens like the delaying again. Although if I get delayed it's not terrible because my 2nd flight is like 2 hours after my 1st one lands. In other news I've been watching the Today show and per usual someone on there made me say are you kidding me. They had the lawyer of that 15 year old that beat that girl nearly to death and a court appointed psychologist. They both make it sound like he just snapped, but I mean when I "snap" I do it right then and there not 3 hours later. I don't text people with my intent. I simply do it. Do I regret it afterwards yes, but I don't go out of my way as part of my snapping. He rode his bike 3 miles. I'm sorry but after a few blocks I'd say it wasn't worth it. Then they mention all these sob stories. Oh he saw his father go to prison. Oh he saw his brother hanging, oh the girl mentioned he was a rapist and some of his friends were raped, oh he kept pushing down his feelings. I'm sorry, but once you confess to something like that and plead not guilty you prove that you want to literally get away with murder. I mean they are pulling out all these reasons so that when he goes to trial there is a possible chance the jury will find them not guilty or be a hung jury. Well if I recall you have to be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. HE ADMITTED HE DID IT! So maybe he's hoping for a less harsh sentence. I swear if he gets away with it I'm so ranting about that. Then they had that doctor on that said that a vaccine leads to autism. He got his license pulled and no one has been able to replicate his findings on a larger scale. So he was on saying oh I'm not shocked they pulled my license they wanted to do it. Then when asked about the whole not replicating the findings he starts saying oh the United States secretly settled cases like these so that must mean it's true. Well he didn't say it that way, but in a round about way. Hello a lot of people settle if they think that it will cost more to go to court. Ugh just a long line of people that annoy me. Today's video is Michael Jackson's Thriller. If you've never seen this music video then you are missing out on major pop culture history. I mean seems like everyone knows of the dance. Plus it's a huge production. I suggest watching it. Today's tip is when getting pulled over it's not a good idea to bribe the cop with donuts, but it is funny.

Ugh....flying

So I'm back in Texas. Man I am really starting to hate flying. I got really nervous on the first leg of my trip. I don't know why? I think the older I get and the more people I meet the more I want to stay safe. The first leg was great. Short trip. It wasn't crowded. It was very nice. Then I get to the other part of the trip. I get to my gate and I have to eat at McDonald's. I personally am not a fan of that chain. Just because my brother was obessed with it for the longest time. Anyway I forgot to tell them no Mayo on my chicken sandwich so that also didn't help. Anyway so I get to the gate. They then let us know that the plane is having technical difficulties. They are waiting for a part. Yeah that's always something good to hear. Then they figure they can't fix it so they move us to another gate where a plane will meet us. We get there and they say the plane is coming from the hanger and will be here momentarily. Several moments later it wasn't there. So eventually they say well looks like the plane is still not ready so we are moving you to a gate that has a plane there already like we should have done in the first place. Ok she didn't say that last part, but we were all thinking it. Anyway so then we have to go several city blocks away (not really, but felt like it) and get there. So we finally are able to board. Now before we boarded they told us that only rolling luggage should be put in the over head bins. The plane is apparently smaller. Yeah that did not happen. The guy in front of me puts his jacket up there. Then when someone asked him to move it he got an attitude. Wow dude it's just a jacket. Put it in your lap already. So he moves it...to the bin right above me and behind him. The flight attendant also moved a bag and it turned out that the bag was moved on top of a manbag of a passenger. Seriously some people just don't pay attention to the rules or think they are so much better then them. Then this asshole in front of me lowers his seat. Now that is so annoying. What if he went to far and it hit my knee. All you have to do is tap the person and let them know you are about to lower the seat so they know and don't try to grab something and get smacked. Then to continue to be the asshole that he is as we were leaving and I was about to move forward. He jumps right in front of me to grab his stuff. I mean I'm just going to go because I clearly have nothing in I need to get from the overhead bins. So he spends like 2 minutes grabbing his stuff from right next to me instead of just letting me go and having an easier time getting it. So we are moving. Now keep in mind I'm right behind him. He stops right in the middle of the hallway. I almost run into him. I honestly should have and if he got an attitude I'd say you should have moved to the side to put on your coat like any decent person would do. So yeah not fun. So I was watching DBZ abridged before I ran off to the airport. So I figured I'd post the episode I've watched more then any other episode. Episode number 9. By far the best episode ever. Enjoy. Today's tip is there are several million different types of therapy in the world. If it helps you be a better person it's therapy.