A friend of mine, of similar age, recently lost his job with a company in Hawaii, where he had been living for the last eight years. His wife was able to find a job at a university in Texas, of all places, and she moved there two months ago. Not wanting to stay in Hawaii by himself, my friend was forced to leave his island paradise and move to the Lone Star State.
I just got an e-mail about his trip and it was so interesting I thought I’d reprint portions of it here. I could not written it better, so here’s what he wrote:
“The trip to Texas was extremely stressful. Delta Airlines (Never fly Delta) charged me $175 in addition to the exorbitant airfare I already paid to take my two suitcases and guitar with me. Can you believe it? No free luggage! I mean, making me pay to take my luggage on a trip is like going to a fine restaurant and ordering a meal. You pay for the food; but if you want it cooked, you have to pay $5 more. Serving it on real china with real silverware (as opposed to paper plates and plastic forks) will be an additional five dollars.
How about when you want to see a movie? You can pay to see the movie; but if you want to “hear” the movie, that’ll be an additional five bucks. Or what if you need to stay in a hotel? . . . . Wait, hotels already charge you for “everything;” so they are not good examples.
I mean, where will the greed end?
So, I am much the poorer for having to fly with luggage.”
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment