Today, my flight was at the other side of the airport. I ran to the gate, to find that the flight had moved to the other side of the airport. So I ran again to miss my plane by a minute. However I did get a new flight... at the other end of the airport. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I checked in for my flight, made it through TSA, bought food, and sat at the gate for an hour. I only realized I was sitting at the wrong gate when boarding for another flight finished and everyone had left. I ran to the correct gate, but it was too late. Despite me pleading, the plane was already taxiing to the runway. FML
Today, after my first flight landed late, I burned out my lungs sprinting full speed for 10 minutes to catch my next flight. The gate number on my ticket was wrong. It had been changed to one right next to where I had originally pulled up to. FML
Today, to avoid a massive delay on our scheduled flight at the airport, we were generously moved to an earlier flight home. An hour later, our new flight had been cancelled and they told us we'd be stuck at the airport overnight. Our original flight took off fine. FML
Today, I waited patiently in the airport as my flight was repeatedly delayed. After 5 long hours I approached one of the attendees to discover that the plane had left 5 minutes ago. 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, due to a scheduling error, I spent an entire day and night in an airport, over 30 hours in total. Just as I arrived at the gate, I was informed that my flight had been delayed for another 2 hours. FML
Today, I was stuck at the airport overnight waiting for my flight for about 5 hours. I then went and looked at the departures board. It said that my flight had already departed. FML
Today, my train was delayed, so I sprinted across the station to catch another one. I made it onto the train just before the doors closed. Then I looked around and realized I had boarded the exact same train I had just gotten off. FML
Today, I'm stuck at the airport overnight, because my phone didn't update its time zone after flying in, so I watched my train leave, thinking mine wasn't due for another hour. 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
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daddysgirl243 21
that's one hell of a workout
MegasaurusRex89 28
It's like you live in a Looney Tunes episode! Haha. At least you got another flight :)
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Comments (51)
RenamonFucksLuna 21
This way you don't miss out on leg day!
amanda182 19
Dealing with Airports is one of the most annoying experiences ever.
disbatch 14
Drive
YooperTransplant 8
That sucks. Sometimes gate agents who know someone has arrived and is on their way will call the other desk to have them hold the plane for a couple of minutes. Usually the passengers are fine with a couple of minutes; we've all had to rush for a plane.
yeongji 31
Hope it was a long flight so you can rest up a bit after the workout! I sure did when I was at an airport that took about 20 minutes of speed walking to get from one end to another.
Kramer1998 20
I once had a similar situation, only it was a really long flight which I couldn't miss, except I did, guess who got the 3 am flight!
PePziNL 20
You can just hear the Benny Hill music while reading this.
Exaspera 55
Must have been American.
Fmlreadermostly 20
I just wonder how anybody was able to get on that flight at all, and why you were the only one running around, and not a part of a flock of others on the and flight.
ligerzero459 24
I'm sorry, OP. Number one rule when flying: take the extra second to check the monitors when you land. It's worth it every time