My cousin from California was here for a few days to take care of some family business, and she flew back home Sunday afternoon. Actually, she started to fly back home early in the afternoon, and didn't make it home until early yesterday morning. The reason for the delay? The toilet on the plane was clogged. This wasn't just an ordinary clog; the stainless steel toilet was clogged with a pair of underwear.
Details are sketchy, but I think it happened on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Oakland. The plane was grounded at Midway for over 2 hours, while maintenance professionals attempted to remove the underwear. My cousin reported that they had to pull it out piece by piece. The flight attendants, nor the captain, mentioned if it was men's or women's underwear. And they didn't say what style they were, either. I'm guessing the culprit was a pair of plain ol' cotton draw's that accidentally fell into the toilet during an initiation into the Mile High Club.
My cousin said that Southwest made no efforts to compensate the passengers for this pathetic delay. She said they didn't offer any free meals or any type of compensation. Like the Southwest Airlines cardboard box o' crackers they serve in lieu of a meal would have smoothed over having to sit on the floor by the door to the loading gate for 2 hours, but the gesture would have been appreciated. My cousin said that they didn't even offer the passengers free cocktails once the plane took off, to help mellow them out after waiting. That might have been a smart move on the airline's part - imagine a plane full of pissed off people being offered free drinks; they would have probably cleaned out the ol' liquor cabinet.
1 comment:
that would have a line to the john...............
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