Not So Fast...

The Great BZWZ left home two days early to get back to the Big Shmapple to take a Civil Service Test...not so fast. After waiting on the runway for an hour, United Airlines announced their plane to Denver and on to La Guardia had a mechanical problem. The flight was cancelled. Their were no other flights available. Hours of mayhem ensued. Eventually, they booked BZ on a redeye to Phoenix and on to JFK. Instead of getting to La Guardia at midnight, she got to JFK at 7AM, just in time to take the 7-hour Civil Service Test at 9AM.

And for her trouble: United Airlines was gracious enough to grant BZ and her fellow passengers the princely stipend of a $10 meal voucher, good for ANY RESTAURANT IN OAKLAND AIRPORT! She chose a slice of pizza and a coke.

OK, it's good they cancelled the flight if the airplane wasn't in perfect operating condition. But a $10 meal voucher? The Great Plotnik is thinking that the next time United Airlines tries to charge him $100 for changing his flight to a different day, he will send them, instead, a $10 voucher for a meal at his house: A Tasty Bites and a piece of toast. $10 bucks. Butter extra.