I flew home yesterday and had a few funny encounters.
My original flight was scheduled to leave at 4:15, but it got delayed. On top of that they oversold the flight. (For some reason Southwest always oversells their flights.) So they offered us a flight voucher if you would give up your seat and take a later flight.
(What happens if you don’t give up your seat and there’s too many people and not enough spots… all the 8th graders have to sit in the lavatory?)
I gave up my seat, and that little event began a chain reaction of funny events.
I had some time to kill so I wondered around the terminal. As I was wondering past the bathrooms I saw a man in his 50s walk into the women’s bathroom.
Double-Take. Did that really happen? I had to know for sure so I waited wondering how long it would take for him to realize there was the guy’s-only-toilet missing from his bathroom.
About 15 seconds later, he walked out with an embarrassed grin on his face. He was probably thinking “God, please don’t let met sit next to her on the plane.”
Later - once I was on my flight - I was sitting in front of a couple with thier toddler. About 45 minutes into the flight something in the air started smelling a little poopy.
The lady behind us starts saying, “oh no…Sorry y’all. Sorry y’all.”
We all just laughed.
Lucky for those 8th graders this flight wasn’t over booked.
Technorati Tags: Dallas Love Field, Poopy Diapers, Southwest
Abby said:
haha, airport stories are always the best!
Hey Shawn!
I haven’t heard from you in awhile! Sounds like you’ve had some interesting things going on in life! hope to hear from you soon!
~Abby
Posted on November 21, 2006 at 11:00 am
the other sarah said:
Ha! Airports are great for people-watching, aren’t they?
May you never have the “pleasure” of attempting to change a messy diaper on an airplane. Not fun, believe me.
Please, Lord, don’t let me be the woman with the poopy toddler when we fly home in a couple weeks.
Posted on November 21, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Anna said:
That’s so funny! I’m a little miffed that I have to hear about all these funny life events by reading your BLOG! I’m your wife… shouldn’t I get to hear about things in person?
Posted on November 21, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Shawn said:
Anna - I did tell you in person. You must have not been listening.
Posted on November 21, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Anna said:
doh
Posted on November 21, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Ben Cunnington said:
Yeah and I thought I was your other wife what about me? I don’t hear hardly anything these days?
Posted on November 21, 2006 at 8:22 pm
Anna said:
Ben, you are the other wife!
When are you going to give us some more pics of Judah Man?
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 12:08 pm
John Tracy said:
Oh man… you actually got the free ticket by being bunped? My wife and I actually plan on being bumped because we want free airline tickets! Its been like 2 years of flying and during the holidays and our flights are NEVER overbooked… we fly Northwest usually.
Any advice on finding overbooked flights?
Posted on November 24, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Shawn said:
@ John - I always fly southwest and almost always they are offering ticket vouchers for later flights.
Even if I didn’t get a voucher, Southwest is amazing. Cheap tickets, friendly staff, what more could one ask for?
Posted on November 24, 2006 at 6:45 pm