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A travel nightmare: Scripps News reporter trying to get to NYC airport
Scripps News ^ | Jun 27, 2023 | Mary Chao

Posted on 06/27/2023 3:33:46 PM PDT by jdt1138

By: Mary ChaoPosted at 2:28 PM, Jun 27, 2023 and last updated 1:31 PM, Jun 27, 2023

A loud shriek pierces the corridors of Terminal C at Orlando International Airport. A woman jumps from her seat yelling into her phone at the top of her lungs, swearing and pacing around the terminal.

It’s 9 p.m. on Monday night, twelve hours after passengers for JetBlue flight 2528 began arriving for their flight to Newark, New Jersey. Tempers are short, patience is waning. Travelers are tired after sitting in uncomfortable chairs all day and purchasing expensive airport food.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: airline; newyork; snowflakes; travel
These are the people writing the 'NEWS' that we read. Consider the source carefully.
1 posted on 06/27/2023 3:33:46 PM PDT by jdt1138
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To: jdt1138

What a bunch of narrow-minded, self-centered jerks.

The other day United re-booked me 5 hours before my flight from LGA...

To EWR! And to the NEXT day. Just an e-mail to inform me.

They expect all of us to be completely docile and electronically connected -

Flights must NEVER be anything other than FULL.

When the semiliterati newspeople have a bad travel day, it’s front page news.

Mostly they work from home, or in their parents’ basements,

ruling the media,

never having put in a hard day’s work in their precious little lives.


2 posted on 06/27/2023 3:40:54 PM PDT by golux
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To: jdt1138

There is a certain demographic of travelers that make air travel extremely unpleasant.


3 posted on 06/27/2023 5:57:17 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: jdt1138

Solution.

Stay home.


4 posted on 06/27/2023 6:36:57 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: Organic Panic

” ...a certain demographic... “

Caucasian Conservatives?


5 posted on 06/29/2023 8:39:59 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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