As our flight wouldn’t be leaving Sea-Tac until 16:30 we
thought we would take it easy this morning and wait until the last minute to
check out of our motel. It turned out taking it easy was still too quickly as
we left at 11:30 (check out wasn’t until noon!). We had already decided
yesterday that there would be no point trying to do anything today, so we knew
we would have quite a long wait for our flight. We had a quick change of plan
as to where we would spend some of the wait, as we decided to pop into Dennys
Diner on the way to the airport for some breakfast/lunch.
After having our fill, in record time (within about 20
minutes much to our dismay) we headed off to the airport, and we trying to
mentally prepare ourselves for the very long wait we had in front of us.
It turned out we weren’t the only ones to get to the airport
stupidly early, and once the check-in
gate was opened there was soon a small queue. Going through security and
getting to our departure gate was a breeze, so all we had to do now was sit and
wait…. For 3 ½ hours!
Eventually 15:45 came around and we were allowed to start
boarding. And yet again everyone displayed their animal traits, lining up
before anything had been called, and not moving to one side when told to do so
three times so the people who were actually meant to be boarding could get
past! It really baffled us why people just don’t sit and wait patiently for
their section to be called. We decided (while we were sat, waiting patiently)
that the airport should have a new way of boarding planes – treat everyone like
primary school children and make them sit quietly with their fingers on lips,
and only when they are being quiet they will be chosen to board the aircraft!
After coming up with the new master plan for airport, our section was called….
So we boarded.
On board, once everyone was seated and the majority were
behaving like school children should do, an air hostess came down the aisle
telling everyone that headsets would cost $7! Immediately we knew we would go
hungry on this 7 hour flight as they seemed to be out to get all the money they
could from their passengers. None of our other flights have charged us for
meals or snacks, so we were a bit disgruntled that we would get charged an
extortionate price for tiny plane food on our last flight!
We settled into our seats, and Corrie got straight into
watching films, while Danny got chatting to the couple he was sat next to. What
was also to Corrie’s disappointment was that we were not sitting next to each
other for this flight!
And so we flew towards home…..
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