lapal_fan Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I'm still on crutches and decided to go into the office today as some of the team from Manchester came down to our new office. So I got the train like a good'un. 1st train, I had to ram myself onto it. Inwas pressed up against the glass, the doors nearly closed on me. Meanwhile the people in the aisles not 3m away were happily gesticulating wildly with their arms. I nearly fell off the train backwards when the doors opened. It felt like one of those Japanese videos where the guards are just shoving at body mass. The rest of the journey was fine once I got off that train for a platform change. Then on the way back at 3.30, all 4 of the priority seats where taken by 1 pushchair - fine, one 40-odd year old bloke and two early 50-odd year old women.. all deeply buried in their phones, unable to look up at me. I stood as I'm shit on crutches and can't sit on my left arse cheek, so I could have had a double seat to myself, but all were taken. I stood next to them for 6 stops. They never batted an eyelid as they got off, 2 of the women at the same stop. Should I have just said "excuse me, do you mind if I sit there?" Because I was pretty bloomin furious when they got off. I was in agony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 On Masterchef when they put about 74 ingredients in one dish and it goes tits up. I can't cook for shit but even I know not to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Sat in brum airport, flight delayed so badly that I'll have 20 mins at dusseldorf to make my connection, miss that and there is t another flight out of dusseldorf until Thursday... Not in the holiday mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Just now, villa4europe said: Sat in brum airport, flight delayed so badly that I'll have 20 mins at dusseldorf to make my connection, miss that and there is t another flight out of dusseldorf until Thursday... Not in the holiday mood Last year I beat myself up as I had 30 minutes to make a flight in Reykjavik, how the hell would I get across Reykjavik airport in 30 minutes, then due to a delay it went down to 20 minutes. Reykjavik obviously isnt dusseldorf, but I could have transferred gates in 2 minutes at Reykjavik. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Sat in brum airport, flight delayed so badly that I'll have 20 mins at dusseldorf to make my connection, miss that and there is t another flight out of dusseldorf until Thursday... Not in the holiday mood ON the plus side, I've connected at Dusseldorf before for work and it's a very quick airport to connect in. I had 45 minutes to make mine and made it with absolutely loads of time to spare. So you may make it. Just get your skates on Edited February 27, 2018 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 @villa4europe they might also slightly delay your connecting flight if there are a large group of you on the first flight. Just make sure to inform the airline of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Sat in brum airport, flight delayed so badly that I'll have 20 mins at dusseldorf to make my connection, miss that and there is t another flight out of dusseldorf until Thursday... Not in the holiday mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Yep I had a delay causing a very tiny window to get to the connecting flight in sweden, they held the connecting flight for us. Norwegian > all other plane companies I've flown with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 12 hours ago, lapal_fan said: It felt like one of those Japanese videos where the guards are just shoving at body mass. China [/pedant] Japanese trains are lovely. And what a bunch of bastards on your train! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Nope they've added another hour so definitely missed, airline say sort it here airport says sort it in dusseldorf, absolute mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Nope they've added another hour so definitely missed, airline say sort it here airport says sort it in dusseldorf, absolute mess @tonyh29 as resident Simon Calder, where should it be sorted in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Hotel in dusseldorf tonight flight tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 When you unroll a sock you must have last wore playing football at Goals.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Call centre options press 1 for blah press 2 for blah blah and press 3 for blah de blah then they ask you what you want , Because its the same bloody woman on the end of all them any way 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 When people spend forever at the work toilet hand dryer. I try and spend a bit longer at the sink so I'm not awkwardly standing behind them. Seriously, how long does it take though? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 15 hours ago, Xela said: Been said multiple times... People who book meetings for 1pm. Accepted it. Never went to it, went out to lunch instead. When will people learn?! People who book lunch time meetings need the death penalty. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Nope they've added another hour so definitely missed, airline say sort it here airport says sort it in dusseldorf, absolute mess 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: @tonyh29 as resident Simon Calder, where should it be sorted in this situation? I'd aim to sort it before you board , the airline should have a desk that can do that , even if the next flight is with a different airline they will make the calls (unless it's Ryanair who will probably tell you to fornicate off) When my BA flight went techy we missed our connection in Istanbul to Iran , as we'd landed after our initial flight had taken off the airline said all we could do is buy a new ticket for the flight next day and then take it up with Insurance ( we got reimbursed no prob) ... but they said had it been before departure time of our original flight then they could have rebooked us FOC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Update... Landed in dusseldorf they'd booked me a place on a bullet train to Frankfurt airport and a flight out of there tonight Dusseldorf airport couldn't find my case so I missed the train Now got a 7.30 flight to Munich, Hotel, flight first thing tomorrow so land 25 hours late Shame I'll have no time for anything in Munich (and I went there at new year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 27, 2018 Administrator Share Posted February 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I'd aim to sort it before you board , the airline should have a desk that can do that , even if the next flight is with a different airline they will make the calls (unless it's Ryanair who will probably tell you to fornicate off) When my BA flight went techy we missed our connection in Istanbul to Iran , as we'd landed after our initial flight had taken off the airline said all we could do is buy a new ticket for the flight next day and then take it up with Insurance ( we got reimbursed no prob) ... but they said had it been before departure time of our original flight then they could have rebooked us FOC I was flying through Atlanta on Sunday. Before boarding it was announced we'd be arriving 15 mins late which only gave me 40 minutes to make my connection. I explained this at the gate to make sure they were aware. They said it wouldn't be a problem, but when we landed they asked everyone to let anyone with connections less than 45 minutes to get off first. Atlanta is so big I still only made it as they made the final call (five stops on the underground tram). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, limpid said: I was flying through Atlanta on Sunday. Before boarding it was announced we'd be arriving 15 mins late which only gave me 40 minutes to make my connection. I explained this at the gate to make sure they were aware. They said it wouldn't be a problem, but when we landed they asked everyone to let anyone with connections less than 45 minutes to get off first. Atlanta is so big I still only made it as they made the final call (five stops on the underground tram). If I fly through anywhere I always hope it's Atlanta if I am going to the states, they have connections down to a fine art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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