Things started to go wrong when I arrived at Gatwick airport in my car only to find that there were no more available airport parking spaces close to my terminal. I ended up taking a space in a car park miles away and had to pay top dollar for the privelige.
This delayed my getting to the checkin desk and I was already a bit late. This didn’t go down well at the check in desk where they told me that I should have arrived an hour earlier. They also told me that I could have checked in online and printed my boarding pass myself before leaving home. Well you live and learn I suppose.
The early start had meant that I left home without having any breakfast so I immediately headed for one of the many airport restaurants. I couldn’t believe the extortionate prices they were charging for an English breakfast, but luckily for me I was spending expenses money.
I arrived in Atlanta and immediately headed for one of the car hire providers. It turned out that there had been a huge demand for cars and all of the most popular models had already been hired out. I ended up having to accept a Dodge pickup for the duration of my two day visit. If I’d booked in advance I’d have saved my employers some money and probably got the car that I wanted.
When I returned to the airport I was wearing a different belt, with a heavy metal buckle, and I had my big bunch of keys in my pocket. This oversight resulted in my going through the security check three times before the scan was successful.
It wasn’t until I’d boarded the aircraft that I realised that I had lost my PDA, either lost or stolen in the airport. Or it may have been stolen from my pocket. It wasn’t until I got home that I found out that my travel insurance policy didn’t cover lost or stolen items like this. I really wished then that I had checked before leaving home and maybe taken out some useful gadget insurance.
I think this sorry tale should tell you that I am more than a little out of practice when it comes to air travel these days. I think I should simply stay put here in the UK.
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