Today, I called an airline to try to locate a bag I left on a flight. When I told the phone rep which airport I flew into, he asked me what city it was in. He paused after I told him, then asked me what state Seattle is in. I don't think I'll be getting my bag back. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I took a flight from Seattle to Oregon but missed my flight back home to California because the flight attendant came in late and delayed our flight take off time. Then I was told the only way to get California was to go back to Seattle and fly to California from there. FML
Today, I was on a flight home. I wasn't going to arrive until midnight, so I was offered an earlier flight that got back at ten. I got to baggage claims and it turned out they lost my bag. I sat there for 2 hours. The people on my original flight left for home before I did. FML
Today, my flight landed after a 12-hour trip, and I walked out of the airport without checking a single bag. Twenty minutes into my drive home, the airline called asking why I'd left my passport at immigration. FML
Today, I arrived home after taking one airplane from A to B. My luggage never made it on the plane with me, and now the airline is looking for it. One plane and still lost my suitcase. FML
Today, I was flying home from LAX when I realized I'd left my ID back at the hotel. After making phone calls to the hotel and rental car company, I found it and made it back to the airport in time for my flight. After going through security, I realized I'd left my phone on the hotel counter. FML
Today, I was at the airport getting ready to go to Hawaii. The guy at the counter said my flight was delayed. It turns out that the flight that was delayed was a flight going to Miami. My flight left at the regular time, and my luggage was on it, because I checked in the night before. FML
Today, I left my book on the plane after I'd finished reading it. The flight attendant thought I'd forgotten it, so he chased me through the airport, past security, past customs, and past baggage claims. I didn't have the heart to tell him I left it on purpose. FML
Today, I was flying home to Milwaukee after a weekend in South Carolina. When I got to the airport, my reservation didn't match up with any flights. Turns out Expedia booked me on a flight that doen't exist. I spent ten hours waiting in the airport for a two hour flight. FML
Today, my airline lost my luggage when I flew back from France. They also lost my luggage when I flew to France. FML
Today, I was the only passenger on a completely booked flight to have all their luggage left behind in another country. FML
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Top comments
Chellybelly92 14
That's some good Edmacation right there.
zoPwNAgEzo 21
Seattle is in DC, right?
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Chellybelly92 14
That's some good Edmacation right there.
SwaggCapone 11
That rep has reached a new level of stupid I've never heard of
HowieDoIt 21
Perhaps plane stupid? It would literally escalate quickly.
NeatNit 33
Someone isn't stupid just because he doesn't know random trivia, or he's a little weak in geography. However, he certainly isn't cut out for this job specifically :P
mariepastyglue 30
You mean "edumacation" but either way, if I was the Op I wouldn't give up that easily. Those are his belongings and has the right to get them back no matter what.!
mariepastyglue 30
Yes they are actually in this case, if you work for an airline you should have some smarts in geography, or at least know cities and States.
DKjazz 20
Isn't it a little ironic that you're correcting the word "edumacation"?
TheCanucklehead 22
There are those who are edmacated and unmjacated. Op is edmacated. The other one is unmjacated
tjv3 10
That's when you ask to speak to someone in America
kder0aeon 9
OP doesn't say if the flight was from America or another place. In ontario, american History isnt taught until grade 11 which is optional. So people who don't know what cities or states are what in the USA doesn't make them stupid.
Suaria 38
Ohio may be different, but I learned American history in 5th grade. Now mind you as a 5th grader, I didn't really care about learning about history, and we only got to the end of the Revolutionary War as well. In 8th grade we learned again American history and went past the Reconstruction Era. So California may have a different curriculum than Ohio.
coffee2353 11
Maybe try to call again and ask for a different person? Or to speak to their supervisor?
zoPwNAgEzo 21
Seattle is in DC, right?
sillyrosster 11
Sarcasm, I hope :P
_GoodGuy 11
You sure? I swear it's in Australia
awesome222 8
No! Dude it's in Italy not Australia!
Enslaved 38
Yes, #3 is being very sarcastic! But you'd be surprised that there are a lot of Americans that don't know the difference between Washington, D.C. and Washington State. :P
4ube_fml 6
That's because you guys have no imagination to name states and cities :)
coldsteelstu 4
yeah. I'm from Washington. I live in Atlanta. so I get asked what state I'm from and immediately I get D.C. as a response. I'm really getting tired of saying that's not a state.
rocker_chick105 31
38- oh? What makes your names so much better? Please, do tell, so we can all gaze into your perfect self.
zoPwNAgEzo 21
Yes, that was sarcasm. I live 10 minutes away from Seattle.
RedPillSucks 33
@38 Really? W/ 50 states and gagillions of cities, there are going to be similarities. Especially with cities named after historical figures (Fayetteville, NC, Ak, etc) or named after regions in England or where-ever some of the regional settlers were from.
lifesuxrealbad 10
no, its in sicaly! get yo facts straight!
fishstick557 14
Why would they hire someone who doesn't know what they're doing?
lennelleong 33
Maybe they outsourced their phone hotline to non-native English-speaking talent... (i think you know what i mean!)
blankjack 6
Actually, the chances are that if they did, he probably would have known..
Dodge4x4Ram 46
Alaska is the state its at :-)
Goblin182 27
Seattle s in Washington, whic is right there "AT" Alaska, so . . .
why57why 21
But isn't Seattle in Mexico
cottoncandymango 17
Good to know that the unknowledgable are employed... I'm losing so much hope.
TheDrifter 24
Just remember, when dealing with people like this, or the guy at McDonalds who is stumped by the concept of a big Mac meal with no pickles, those were the best applicants they got. Sad isn't it?
Joshido 17
*insert pun here*
HowieDoIt 21
*Insert fist to your face*
outoftown 27
Good news: There are jobs for the poorly educated. Bad news: You have to deal with one. Best of luck with that bag.