Quote Of The Day, Angry Dome Division

National Joygerm Day
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Amelia Adds:

Birthday – David Bowie

Birthday – Stephen Hawking

Birthday – DAD!! Happy birthday, Dad!  Woo!

 

“Hi, Josh! Are you up for a trip to the airport?  And some murder?”

 

Today’s quote brought to you by United Airlines, who got my luggage in a few hours after I arrived on Sunday, but declined to call me or in any way inform me—didn’t even put it on their bag-track website—until I called the airline on Monday afternoon to inquire about it. After which they promised to deliver it within six hours, and when they didn’t I had to call again and they promised to deliver it in six hours again, with the same results. And they wouldn’t give me the airport’s phone number, so each time I had to call their 800 line and go through their damn phone tree and then wait for a service representative to call the airport for me.

 

I snapped today, and Josh graciously took me to the airport and we made HULK SMASH type threats* until they gave up my bags, which they seem to have stored on the runway in the path of incoming planes all through the last rainy two days, judging by the wetness of the contents** and the way that 75% of the breakable things were broken.

 

I was glad I had politely inquired about the best place to send a somewhat strongly-worded letter. I would say that is justified. Actually, at this point I think murder by flaying is justified.  Followed by miraculous resuscitation. So that I can murder them again, with something that's on fire this time. But since the law doesn’t agree with me and I’m ostensibly passionately opposed to the death penalty, a furious letter is the best I can do.

 

 

*Josh is useful for this.  At 6’6”, he is a natural loomer.  It’s like having a siege engine handy when you’re storming a castle.  A rather friendly-looking siege engine, but a siege engine nonetheless.

 

**Unpacking quote: “This one is wet.  And this one is wet.  And this one is wet, and this one did you dry these in a rainforest why with all the power of the Death Star …”