Thread by @MaryRobinette

Welcome to today's game of #MaryGoRound, in which my travel karma is a drinking game.

To play:
1. When my travel goes well, you drink.
2. When it goes poorly, I drink.

(Sip, don't chug. Does not need to be alcohol to play)

My flight is delayed because the plane has a broken phone. #MaryGoRound

Further delayed to 5:30 due to air traffic control. #MaryGoRound

Woot! Just got upgraded to first class. Have a drink!

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They are closing the boarding doors. Have a drink.

Next stop, Denver for a transfer. #MaryGoRound

I'm... I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be raining in the plane.

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We're now delayed to 6pm.

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Also, I'm wrong. It is not raining in the plane.

It is snowing.

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Closing the boarding doors for a second time. Let's see if we leave this time!

Have a drink.

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We're now stopped on the tarmac due to torrential downpours outside the plane.

The snowing inside the plane continues.

It is apparently frozen condensation from the AC and should stop soon.

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They are re-routing our flight, which will require more fuel, so we are taxiing back to the gate.

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Correction: we are not going back to the gate because there are none available. We're going to sit here for another half hour.

THEN we'll go back to the gate to refuel.

And you wondered why my travel comes with a drinking game...

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Oh, some good news, though. It has stopped snowing in the plane. Have a drink.

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Annnnnd... Now it is snowing in the plane again.

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WE ARE BACK AT THE GATE FINALLY!

Have a drink?

They'll refuel and then we will make our fifth attempt at departure. For those keeping score, the fight was supposed to depart at 3:30. It is now 7:30.

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OH MY GOD! That Guy is on this flight. Buckle up. I need all the drinks, as does this flight attendant.

Okay. So, when I'm doing personal travel, I sometimes fly "non-rev" because my father-in-law is a retired airline pilot.

That Guy is also non-rev.

So, he's belly-aching because of the delays, which are NOT the airline's fault because it's the weather.

He's saying that the captain is a pushover.

The flight attendent WHO IS A GODDESS attempts to calm That Guy down.

He is rude and continues to complain.

Another non-rev passenger goes back to That Guy and tries to explain to him that the weather is the problem. Her husband is a pilot and she's talking to him about safety.

"They should be more aggressive," That Guy says.

She looks at him, like he just took a crap in the living room. "What does that mean?"

"They should go! Not just keep sitting here."

You know, like, skip the 3000lbs of fuel we need to take on. Ignore the FAA.

"My mother's a flight attendent and we would never still be here!"

My dear... your mother would have no control over any of this. You're not twelve.

The other non-rev passenger gives up. That Guy continues to belly-ache. The flight attendant GODDESS goes back and says, "Out of all the passengers, you're flying for free and YOU'RE complaining?"

He continues to say that we should not still be sitting here. I get up.

"Hi! I'm another non-rev passenger, and hey... this isn't the airline's fault. It's the weather."

More grumbling about needing to get out and get home.

GODDESS Flight Attendant says, "EVERYONE here wants to get home. You're the only one complaining."

And then, That Guy, says, "I'm not talking about everyone else, I'm talking about ME."

Readers. I have never laughed so long or so loudly in someone's face in my entire life.

Bonus: That Guy later told me that I was there because I liked drama.

The captain came back and nearly kicked That Guy off the plane. He denied calling the captain a pushover or saying that he needed to get more aggressive.

He's still here.

Thunderstorms are rolling in. I hope That Guy survives the next delay.

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They are closing the boarding doors for our fifth attempt at departure. Have a drink.

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Alas, we did not get out before the thunderstorm so it isn't safe to take off. We're waiting on the tarmac for it to pass.

The captain added a bunch of stuff about how other planes were in the same position, targeted at That Guy.

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They've turned off the engines and we're waiting the storm out.

Enjoy watching this plane come in, while the sky lights up with lightening strikes around us.

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KARMA!!!

That Guy is now loudly vomiting in the lavatory!

HAVE A DRINK!

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Here we go for attempt number 6 to depart! They are re-starting free engines. Have a drink.

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I have arrived in Denver! Have a drink!

My next flight was supposed to have departed at 10:15. If I'm lucky, it was delayed. If not, then I'll be in Denver overnight. Whee!

(I have a place to stay)

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My connecting flight was NOT delayed. I'm booked on a 6am flight tomorrow morning.

I purchased some bourbon in the Nashville airport as gifts for the friends I'm visiting. If I leave the airport, I'll have to check them but I have no suitcase with me.

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I don't really see purchasing a suitcase between now and 4am. So... looks like I'm staying at the airport tonight.

Plus, if I went to stay with my friend, I'd probably only get two hours of sleep anyway.

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My flight out of Denver is boarding! Have a drink.

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They are closing the boarding doors for an on time departure! Have a drink!

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