This was great. We had a party, went to Chicago downtown, spent some time just chatting. The good thing was I almost didn’t touch my computer. The bad thing is that my flight on Thursday was cancelled and I had to spend another $60 on car service to get to airport on Friday morning (rescheduled plane was leaving at 6am).

In addition to this the United airline workers seem to be overobsessed with power. Or too ignorant. Or both. Thing is - they basically don’t care if you are their passenger, if they screwed up your flight… The attitude is - you already paid the money, there is no way out. Sit there and wait, you miserable looser, while I finish talking on the phone with a friend of mine… Yes, he is more important! Yes, you can go to the lobby and reschedule your flight and I’m not going to tell you that all the machines are closed and all the clerks went home… You must suffer because you have already paid!

BTW, have you ever noticed how airplaines look when they parked around the terminal? They look like birds around the feeder, munching passengers… “Let me eat couple of more and I’m done”… And then when your plane is taxiing around - it looks like another bird just walking around “Is there anything good at this feeder? No? At this one? Same thing? Yeah, I’ll probably fly to Chicago to see if they’ve got something better”.

Actually, the whole idea of taxiing (don’t even know how to spell the word) is somewhat weird. Like the pilot needs to drive around the airport, like he lost something, so he makes couple of circles. “Nope, not here… Nope, can’t see it. You know what, may be we forgot that in Dulles, let’s fly there and take a look”… And they take the plane to Washington and then taxiing a bit there too… “No, no here? What about around that building? No? Jeez, it must’ve fell off in Chicago…”

Last flight I was on pilot made communications with the tower available on channel 9. I didn’t want to listen, because, you know, it can make you think scary thoughts. Because you can hear something you’re not supposed to, something like “Wanna steer this plane a little, kid while I get myself a cup of coffee?” or “It’s okay, this lamp is always on, isn’t it?” Or even something more revealing like “Was this handle supposed to break that easily” or “Tower, this is flight United 634, was that cable supposed to be attached when we lift off?”.

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