December 05, 2005
Pissed off in Frankfurt
I am so super pissed off
at Latin American and German inefficiency. I have been up since 6pm on Saturday (SG time) and itīs now 3am on Monday and Iīm stuck in Frankfurt.
It all started when I arrived in Sao Paulo only to find out that the stupid Lufthansa (suckiest airline ever) flight had been delayed by 2 hours, which would mean that I would miss my SQ flight and have a 9 hour layover in Frankfurt. Ok, these things happen, so I didnīt get too pissed. I got to Frankfurt (20 mins after my flight left) and found out that I had to go out into the main area in the airport to get my boarding pass. So I exited the international transit area and went to the SQ counter.
Surprise, surprise... It was closed. And there was no sign saying when it would open up, but the convention is generally 3 hours before the flight. So, I hung around the Frankfurt terminal (absolutely NOTHING to do there) for 6 hours waiting for the counter to open.
Finally, at 1840 German time the counters opened up and I went ahead to check in. Whereupon I found out that the stupid Brazilian bimbo in Sao Paulo had booked me in economy, whereas I had a business-class reservation beforehand, and neglected to inform me.
And Lufthansa refused to put me in business class on their flight to Singapore because my ticket was an e-ticket, despite the fact that it was their "technical problems" that led me to miss my original flight. Somehow I donīt see the logic in that. But I was too tired and stressed out to argue cos seriously, at that stage I just wanted to get home. Economy class, luggage hold, anything; as long as I get home.
So now, Iīm in Economy but the very nice lady at the SQ counter (that is why SQ is the number 1 airline in the world) put me in an aisle seat and blocked off the other 2 seats so I can have a good rest.
With any luck, I will be home FORTY FIVE hours after the trip began with a 3-hr bus ride to Rio de Janeiro. This has, without doubt, been the worst fucking trip ever.
Conclusions:
1) WORST FUCKING TRIP EVER. (Yes, it has to be said again.)
2) Brazil - not worth the fucking long trip.
3) Lufthansa - worst fucking airline ever.
4) German inefficiency was probably one of the contributing factors to them losing TWO world wars in one century. (Am I getting my history right? Who cares? Iīm pissed off.)
5) Lufthansa is going to get a very nasty letter from me when I get back.
6) Brazilian inefficiency and stupidity is the key reason why their economy is in the dumps despite all their natural resources.
And lastly...
7) FUCKING USELESS GERMAN AND BRAZILIAN PIECES OF SHIT.
Shew. That felt good.
Posted by scrabbyfoo at December 5, 2005 02:17 AM