I returned from NYC last night. It was a whirlwind trip - it was a one-night stay. However, 21 hours of the 36-hour business trip was spent in either DFW or La Guardia or on a plane. I didn't get to my Midtown hotel until midnight and I had a 4:45 a.m. wake-up call, followed by a 7 hour media tour. It was tough, but the traveling was killer...
Air travel has gotten seriously tripped up and horrible. Sunday and Monday, American Airlines canceled flights left and right. At one point, my flight on Sunday (after being rebooked after a canceled flight) had 150+ people on stand-by. 150 people! Monday was no better - my original flight was delayed two hours and the two left-over flights back to Dallas had 50+ people on stand-by. I was even accused by a flight attendant on the way up to NYC that I didn't know how to turn off my iPod - we were getting ready to land and she walked by twice as I was trying to turn it off. She then continued to stand over me and saying she could turn it off because obviously I was having issues. Excuse me, but I know how to work my own devices that I've owned for years and I'm telling her this as I'm showing her that I'm pressing down on the button and nothing is happening. She then proceeds to take the iPod and "work her magic" thinking she'd get it to work b/c she worked at Apple, yet she couldn't. No shit! Frustrated the hell out of me. Don't tell me I don't know what I'm doing without knowing my situation while embarassing me in front of the other passengers. Of course, I was a little more sensitive at that point - I had been traveling (or, going nowhere in an airport) for 12 hours already.
It's not bad enough that my flight, booked two weeks in advance, was nearly $1300.
But, NYC is fun. It was hot, but it was fun even if I only had 2 hours to walk around to shop. Surprisingly, I didn't buy a thing! (Bryon's shocked!)
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