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Back from Vacation

Hi all,

I'm finally back at work after a two-week vacation. Lots of email to go through. I took my mother to airport a couple of hours ago, and while I was waiting for her to check in, I thought about her trip from Cincinnati to Prague a couple of weeks ago. It's an interesting story.

She was supposed to leave Cincinnati airport on July 7, and change to her Prague-bound flight in Atlanta. However, she was told that the Cincinnati flight was already delayed 2 and half hours, and that she would miss her flight to Prague. She was offered a flight changing in Paris, but being the inexperienced and monoglot flier that she is, decided to forgo the French connection in favor of taking the Same Cincinnati-Atlanta-Prague flights the following day.

My mother got assistance through Atlanta, but she was deeply concerned about finding her way out of Prague airport. I called her in Atlanta to offer some encouragement, and by chance I was glancing at my Facebook page. An American friend of mine who lives in Prague had just typed a status message, something like: "I'm sitting at the gate, waiting for my flight back to Prague. I had to act fast. I was able to reach him via Facebook, and he offered to make sure my mother got through Prague airport OK.

And he did. He and his fiancee walked with her right up to where I was standing. Thanks, Travis!

If my mother had boarded her original flight, this would have never happened.

Cheers!

--James

P.S. It's good to be back.

Posted at 10:57AM Jun 18, 2009 by branajam in Personal  |