The difference among us...
Just got back from a business trip...my 2nd in the last 4 weeks!
My connecting flight home departs 20 min after the first one lands. My boss laughed and said "you are not going to make the flight!". That's what he thinks... As I got on the plane, I was calculating how much time I have to run to my next gate. It does not help that I am seated almost the end of plane. It does not help that I am sitted in the window seat with 2 others. It does not help that the AA stewardess kept commenting that it takes about 20 min to completely deplane. It does not help that my flight took off 15 min late.
Then, things started to turn around. The captain announced that it will only take us 1hr 45 min to reach our destination (original was 2hr 30 min). Hmmm.....this is promising. BTW, AA has great Minute Maid Cran Apple. Not for the "carb fainted" types, 1 can is about 50g of carbs! I didn't care. Ok, back to the flight....
Just a couple seats behind me, there was a lady in the same predicament as me, same flight home. She went from disbelief (that she may miss the connection) to anger (as the stupid AA stewardess kept feeding her negative, while true, information of how she will miss the flight and her other options - staying the night at O'hare) to acceptance (that she has NO CHANCE to catch the connection!).
True to the captain's promise, we landed in O'hare with about 40 min to spare! Everyone started to get up to deplane and these 2 "goombahs" next to me were still sitting and yakking. I asked them to let me out as I have about 20 min to catch my connection. I ran as much as I could from gate H6 to G14 wearing my 2.5" pumps and carrying my laptop bag. I got there with 20 min before the schedule departure (total of 10 min!). Panting, strapping myself into the seat, I waited to see if the lady in my last flight was going to show. A few more latecomers did but she didn't. There in lies the difference among us ... "Don't give up till you give it your ALL". I got home (and so did my check-in luggage) to my hubby and baby whom were SOOOOOOO excited to see me (and to know that I did not give up).
My connecting flight home departs 20 min after the first one lands. My boss laughed and said "you are not going to make the flight!". That's what he thinks... As I got on the plane, I was calculating how much time I have to run to my next gate. It does not help that I am seated almost the end of plane. It does not help that I am sitted in the window seat with 2 others. It does not help that the AA stewardess kept commenting that it takes about 20 min to completely deplane. It does not help that my flight took off 15 min late.
Then, things started to turn around. The captain announced that it will only take us 1hr 45 min to reach our destination (original was 2hr 30 min). Hmmm.....this is promising. BTW, AA has great Minute Maid Cran Apple. Not for the "carb fainted" types, 1 can is about 50g of carbs! I didn't care. Ok, back to the flight....
Just a couple seats behind me, there was a lady in the same predicament as me, same flight home. She went from disbelief (that she may miss the connection) to anger (as the stupid AA stewardess kept feeding her negative, while true, information of how she will miss the flight and her other options - staying the night at O'hare) to acceptance (that she has NO CHANCE to catch the connection!).
True to the captain's promise, we landed in O'hare with about 40 min to spare! Everyone started to get up to deplane and these 2 "goombahs" next to me were still sitting and yakking. I asked them to let me out as I have about 20 min to catch my connection. I ran as much as I could from gate H6 to G14 wearing my 2.5" pumps and carrying my laptop bag. I got there with 20 min before the schedule departure (total of 10 min!). Panting, strapping myself into the seat, I waited to see if the lady in my last flight was going to show. A few more latecomers did but she didn't. There in lies the difference among us ... "Don't give up till you give it your ALL". I got home (and so did my check-in luggage) to my hubby and baby whom were SOOOOOOO excited to see me (and to know that I did not give up).
posted by C.P. at 9:23 PM
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