To choose the vegetarian in-flight meal, turn to page 23. For the fish, turn to page 29.
Arriving at the airport yesterday several hours before my return flight home, I was presented me with a situation altogether new to me.
The self check-in kiosk mentioned that I could (for a small $25 fee) jump on the next flight to Philly, which would be leaving an hour earlier.
This is probabaly the aboslute WORST thing to present me with when arriving at an airport: options. As a Professional Tweek, every possible scenario begins taking shape in my thoughts. What if the early flight crashes in West Virginia? What if my scheduled flight gets hijacked? Were there any islands between Atlanta and Philly? I was carrying comics - could I be this flight's Hurley? Was I willing to pay $25 to live longer, or rather, die sooner?
Just imagine me, staring at this kiosk screen in the busy Delta hub, muttering under my breath, contstantly second guessing myself. The next press of that touch screen could decide my fate. I'm fairly certain they were not manufactured with that task in mind.
Ultimately I decided I'd rather keep the $25. Plus, if I was going to die, I'd prefer to put it off for at least an hour, and on a flight that my family knew I was on. Clearly, I made the right decision.
I have no ending for this, so I'll just take this time to point out that I changed my Blogger name to my real name, Dan, solely for it's use on my new comics-related blog, Stand-Alone Issues. It is my hope that some day the right people may find their way to that blog, enjoy what they read there, and decide "We want this man writing for OUR site!". I would feel pretty stupid if their first e-mail to me was addressed to "Tweek".
posted by Dan @ 7:37 PM
2 Comments:
since you cant take it with you, does it matter paying $25 to die sooner? i mean, sitting in the atlanta airport isnt how i would want to spend my last hour alive. i would've paid the $25 in the hopes that this new venture would be my ultimate demise and leave those i love wondering "did he catch that earlier flight that just took a nose dive into the atlantic?" or "was i on his insurance plan?". and if i didnt die, then it would have been money well spent to not sit in the airport and either people watch, read comics, or fall asleep to have my comics and wallet stolen. but that's me...
BTW - it still says "tweek" as your name on life ironic... fag.
It says "Dan" up there as well. Maybe the French threw you off.
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