(07:32:25 PM) Warthog191: GORAM FRELLING POTSUCKING PIECES OF SHIT!
(07:32:55 PM) Brian D. (ACM): ummm 	  				 	 	 	   	 	  	   		  	 
(07:32:59 PM) Brian D. (ACM): why are you not in the air? 	  				 	 	 	   	 	  	   		  	 
(07:33:07 PM) Warthog191: that's the RIGHT question
(07:33:19 PM) Brian D. (ACM): are you at the airport?
(07:33:23 PM) Warthog191: nope
(07:33:35 PM) Brian D. (ACM): errrr
(07:33:36 PM) Warthog191: so, this will be put on my blog later tonight, in fact I plan to make a new section on my website
(07:33:47 PM) Warthog191: 'Why Airlines hate me'
(07:33:57 PM) Brian D. (ACM): So, will you be leaving Canada tonight?
(07:34:04 PM) Warthog191: nope
(07:34:07 PM) Warthog191: I'm in Toronto
(07:34:18 PM) Brian D. (ACM): errr
(07:34:24 PM) Brian D. (ACM): that means you were on at least on plane tonight
(07:34:27 PM) Brian D. (ACM): right?
(07:34:29 PM) Warthog191: yup[
(07:34:45 PM) Brian D. (ACM): and is the airline putting you up for the night?
(07:35:07 PM) Warthog191: yup
(07:35:13 PM) Warthog191: fairly swanky place I might add
(07:35:22 PM) Warthog191: Delta Toronto Airport West
(07:35:36 PM) Warthog191: I'm actually quite impressed, the room is stunning
(07:35:38 PM) Brian D. (ACM): So when will you be leaving the great state of Canada?
(07:35:49 PM) Warthog191: in THEORY tomorrow at noonish
(07:35:53 PM) Brian D. (ACM): yikes
(07:36:14 PM) Warthog191: my checked baggae will make it to San Fran in 5 hours
(07:36:18 PM) Brian D. (ACM): hah!
(07:36:25 PM) Warthog191: my baggage is smarter than me
(07:36:28 PM) Brian D. (ACM): Did you miss the flight?
(07:36:35 PM) Brian D. (ACM): and is HPA enjoying this stay with you?
(07:36:44 PM) Warthog191: strangely enough - no
(07:36:49 PM) Brian D. (ACM): ummm
(07:36:52 PM) Brian D. (ACM): errr
(07:36:55 PM) Warthog191: he will be getting my luggage from SFO in about 5 hours
(07:37:12 PM) Warthog191: shall I tell you my fun story?
(07:37:16 PM) Brian D. (ACM): sure
(07:37:29 PM) Brian D. (ACM): My desktop made it through the moving companies hands safely it seems
(07:37:48 PM) Warthog191: So, HPA and I decided to bum around a bit since our flight left at 5:30pm.  We bummed around enjoyed ourselves and made it to the airport at like 3pm
(07:38:05 PM) Brian D. (ACM): plenty of time
(07:38:44 PM) Brian D. (ACM): I have stories about power and Oakridge mall later
(07:38:48 PM) Warthog191: so we get in and we talk to the nice checking ladies and they inform us our flight was magically changed without telling us to 6pm.  However Toronto has been having bad weather all day and since we are plenty early they want to stick us on the 4pm flight to make sure we get into and out of tornoto without issue
(07:39:19 PM) Warthog191: they rebook us and all is well and good with the universe.  I get on the plane and we both make it to Toronto without issue, we pass through customs and everything without incident at all
(07:39:32 PM) Brian D. (ACM): customs in toronto?
(07:39:39 PM) Brian D. (ACM): Ottawa not an international airport?
(07:39:48 PM) Warthog191: it is but this is US customs
(07:39:55 PM) Warthog191: and it's domestic from ottawa -> toronto
(07:40:16 PM) Brian D. (ACM): oh yes.  I forgot the US is a bit strange in how they handle customs.
(07:40:29 PM) Warthog191: so, we are in super early, it was like 38 minute flight and we got through the customs mess in maybe 40 minutes
(07:40:44 PM) Warthog191: so we sit down and hang out for 3 hours, eat dinner in this time frame, etc
(07:41:06 PM) Warthog191: while my nice checked baggage is off doing what it knows best - how to be smarter than me
(07:41:35 PM) Warthog191: they end up calling a few standby passengers up and do some stuff with them, I'm reading my book not worrying
(07:41:50 PM) Warthog191: they call for boarding hpa and I get up and both of us head to get on the plane, we are sitting next to each other on the way home
(07:42:04 PM) Warthog191: hpa hands them his ticket *ding* and on his way he does
(07:42:36 PM) Warthog191: I hand them my ticket and *BONK* thats not right, my name isn't Jack....... quick lookup for Hawley and *BONK* Hawley doesn't have a seat assigned, go see the people at the front.
(07:42:48 PM) Warthog191: I go see the people at the front
(07:42:50 PM) Brian D. (ACM): errr
(07:43:50 PM) Warthog191: they inform me that the computer swears up on side and down the other I was on the 6pm flight from ottawa to toronto, and in doing so it magically decided that the 6pm passengers didn't have enough time to make it from the incoming flight to the international flight.....

... so they gave those people's tickets to the standby passengers 20 minutes ago
(07:44:14 PM) Brian D. (ACM): errr
(07:44:22 PM) Warthog191: so I promptly inform the nice lady 'ummm I've been sitting here for 3 hours'
(07:44:35 PM) Warthog191: 'well the computer claims... blah blah'
(07:44:53 PM) Warthog191: at this point there are now 5 of us, I'm the only one on the 'early' flight the rest actually made it on the 6pm flight
(07:45:00 PM) Warthog191: all of us got bumped without even checking with us
(07:45:41 PM) Warthog191: so in their infinite wisdom I now get to stay over in Toronto, and take a noon flight from toronto to sfo.  They get my hotel taken care of, etc
(07:45:59 PM) Brian D. (ACM): and breakfast?
(07:46:00 PM) Warthog191: I will be going to the airport early and I will be asking to talk to a manager, as the airport was closing about this time
(07:46:04 PM) Warthog191: dinner and breakfast
(07:46:10 PM) Warthog191: 15 for dinner 10 for breakfast
(07:46:16 PM) Warthog191: at the hotel
(07:46:35 PM) Brian D. (ACM): so that will buy a salad for dinner and a glass of juice for breakfast.
(07:46:44 PM) Warthog191: so I ask them kindly, already knowing full well where my bag is, where my bag is
(07:47:02 PM) Brian D. (ACM): errr, so you don't have much of anything besides your laptop?
(07:47:05 PM) Warthog191: they tell me to go and check down at belt 26 it should have been routed there
(07:47:11 PM) Warthog191: I have my electronics
(07:47:14 PM) Warthog191: thats about it
(07:47:21 PM) Warthog191: my house keys are in my checked baggage
(07:47:29 PM) Brian D. (ACM): awesome.
(07:47:32 PM) Warthog191: yeah, I thought so
(07:47:41 PM) Warthog191: so I got down to belt 26, take a quick look
(07:47:48 PM) Brian D. (ACM): Should I be planning to pick you up tomorrow?
(07:47:49 PM) Warthog191: no bag, funny that - thats what I thought
(07:47:59 PM) Brian D. (ACM): Of course your bag got routed forward.
(07:48:23 PM) Warthog191: so there are two incredibly nice, cute and bored attendants down there who ask if I'm looking for a bag, I tell them my sob story and they are kind enough to do some checking
(07:48:36 PM) Warthog191: sure enough the routing seems to currently indicate that, yes, my bag is on the aircraft
(07:48:56 PM) Warthog191: they also get me some more information and generally make me feel better about how everything is going
(07:49:25 PM) Warthog191: tomorrow I will be talking to them about making sure that my seat on the aircraft is first class
(07:49:36 PM) Warthog191: or that they at least try to make it first class
(07:49:57 PM) Brian D. (ACM): So, your bad luck with airlines, doesn't carry over to passengers traveling with you, right?
(07:50:03 PM) Warthog191: apparently not
(07:50:06 PM) Warthog191: hpa is on the airplane
(07:50:16 PM) Warthog191: I'm 99% sure he's totally pissed about now
(07:50:21 PM) Warthog191: probably calming down more or less
(07:50:38 PM) Warthog191: but he will be getting my bag, hopefully, when he gets in
(07:50:43 PM) Warthog191: I will check on that before I leave toronto