Sunday, December 21, 2008
Life Cannibalism at Sea-Tac
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM
How glad are you you're not at the airport? From their website:
Traveler Update: Winter weather conditions, both at Sea-Tac and at multiple airports across the country, are significantly impacting arriving and departing flights....If you need to rebook flights, do not come to the airport. Call your airline instead. The lines at the ticket counters are very long; you'll get much faster service via phone....
If you are coming to the Airport be prepared for a long wait. Concession services are limited, so bring needed supplies, like diapers and baby food, and snacks with you.
But!
During the holidays, Sea-Tac Airport is bustling with travelers and the sounds, sights and fun of the season. The fun begins on Tuesday, December 16, and continues through Wednesday, December 24, and there's hardly a time when something entertaining isn't happening at Sea-Tac.
The sounds, sights, etc. of the season include Roving Dickens Carolers, Elf on a Unicycle, and this guy:
I wonder if anyone has punched him yet.
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The phrase bring needed supplies, like diapers and baby food is enough to make me fall to my knees and kiss the Earth in gratitude that I'm going nowhere by plane during the holidays.
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I saw the Dickens Carolers on Friday morning when departing from there. They were bit creepy (walking slowly as if in a funeral) but welcome as it was a break from the normal airport annoyances.
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My friend had her 10 a.m. Alaska Airlines flight canceled and she has yet to get through to reschedule. Busy line with no hold system and broken online forms...
My concerns are confined to losing valuable food during the boyfriend's attempt to give our snowman testicles. I think new potatoes might be the best way to go.
My concerns are confined to losing valuable food during the boyfriend's attempt to give our snowman testicles. I think new potatoes might be the best way to go.
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@4 I'm with your friend, I finally got through to Alaska Airlines and then I was on hold for 2 hours. So there's a hold system, the busy signal means the hold system is full. They had automatically rescheduled me (which I saw online when I looked for my flight status) and the person that eventually picked up swore that I am confirmed for the flight.
On the way back from the airport last night (when I was supposed to fly out) cab drivers told me that they were not, under any circumstances, driving down Ranier, they would only go up Jackson. WTF.
I didn't see the carolers, the elf, or the nutcracker man---possibly because they had already been beaten to death.
On the way back from the airport last night (when I was supposed to fly out) cab drivers told me that they were not, under any circumstances, driving down Ranier, they would only go up Jackson. WTF.
I didn't see the carolers, the elf, or the nutcracker man---possibly because they had already been beaten to death.
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Perhaps we should load up on food and diapers and go peddle them to stranded travelers? Seems a good way to make some extra cash this holiday season.
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My flight is supposed to leave at seven tomorrow. I don't think that's going to happen.
I had to use a limo service to get to a hotel near the airport. It took about a dozen calls until I found a company that would be willing to come to my neighborhood and bring me here. After seeing the roads, I don't blame them.
I had to use a limo service to get to a hotel near the airport. It took about a dozen calls until I found a company that would be willing to come to my neighborhood and bring me here. After seeing the roads, I don't blame them.
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"I wonder if anyone has punched him yet." Jesus, BJC. The poor guy is just a regular working stiff, probably sincerely trying to spread some cheer in such an awful place. It always makes me cry when people say mean things about people dressed in costumes.
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There's nothing cheery about someone like that walking around in an apocalypse. I just spent 7 hours overnight at the airport before finally just going home. The whole misadventure is going to cost me $700, and the airline offered me a 'refund' of $50.
There's hardly an inch of floor to sleep on, no food, and the bathrooms look/smell like godzilla shit in them.
Seeing this guy walking around spreading christmas cheer to people who won't see their families, (but instead will be spending their holidays in that refugee camp of an airport) is just cruel. If I had seen this group of people walking around, I would have been inclined to set each and every one of them on fucking fire.
There's hardly an inch of floor to sleep on, no food, and the bathrooms look/smell like godzilla shit in them.
Seeing this guy walking around spreading christmas cheer to people who won't see their families, (but instead will be spending their holidays in that refugee camp of an airport) is just cruel. If I had seen this group of people walking around, I would have been inclined to set each and every one of them on fucking fire.
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You know - I'm going to concur with TVDinner - even if its not someone who is sincere in his attempt to bring some cheer, he's one of those who is working - during a time when so many have the time off. Give him some slack, I wouldn't be surprised if he's being well under-paid what he should for being dressed in costume.
Whether he likes it or not, I'd give him some hot cider or something rather than violence.
Whether he likes it or not, I'd give him some hot cider or something rather than violence.
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