Blog-TOWER OF BABEL

I have been on 6 trips in 5 days. How? you ask. 

5 day Tortola, 4 days Jamaica, 4 days super bowl, 4 days Vancouver. 

all cancelled. I am using my passport as a coaster. I feel like I am suck in a permanent dress rehearsal. 

My warm weather and cold weather suitcase lay confused in my car. magazines , lemons, lime and milk bought but not consumed. You are on, you are  off, you are on standby, you are going, you are not going. Owner wants the a/c, no flight attendant, you are not on the overflight, they want a male, they want a yoga instructor, do you know magic tricks, they want mandarin speakers, they want vegan chef, they do not want me.

I am up, I am down, I am still on the ground. I just need a takeoff and a landing, with whatever in between. I will speak in devils tongue, just get me GOING. My son keeps finding me at home, looking a bit scruffy, bewildered and lack luster. He will eat those lemons for dinner. I will throw the milk at that wall i have been staring at for 1 month. I do not even know how to pack anymore. 

I forgot shoes, the most important part of a together outfit. I did reap 2 cancellation fees for my efforts, I will go buy  25 cupcakes with the money and eat them all while I again, watch OPRAH and DR PHIL. I am going to burn my blue and white cloud bathrobe that my mom gave me 8 years ago. It could stand up in the corner by itself by now. 

My unemployed look is.. blue cloud bathrobe, white socks, hair akimbo, raccoon eyes, rainforest expresso coffee with vanilla creamer, pen over my ear, trips sheets all over the desk, glasses, phone in said robes pocket, and maybe a hammer (you never know when you will need one). The dog looks at me in hope of WALK? 

I look at my dog and say FLY? My cat, who is alway on my bed (get a job, cat), looks at me, and thinks "what a loser, come on, take a nap with me." I will never complain again about having a full-time job. I looked in the New Haven newspaper, in the want ads, and where there was 4 pages of ads, now, there is one column. HVAC technician? Surgical nurse? Hospice care? Let Yale University experiment on you? possibly. Spinal Tap test 400.00,????? yeah . Buddy Acne patient. paid study? 

All I say is next week will be better. It better be. 

Today's aviation is not easy. It was a lot easier 15 years ago when I started. Aviation companies are busy trying to keep their companies open, fuel prices are off the charts, people are cutting the budget, downsizing to the bare bone. I do not mean to sound like that gruff old guy Andy Rooney on 20/20, but people were a lot nicer then. The people in charge called you back, were cordial and tried to help you. You knew their kids names and they knew yours. If you really broke, they got you on a flight to pay your car insurance.

 Is this or is it not the HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, are we in customer service or customer stuckupness. Why do we now feel that when we call the head flight attendant, or director of cabin service, its like they just woke up in a bad mood and make you feel like you are a total bother, thorn in the side, fly in the ointment and just should just go throw your unimportant self off a cliff? WHO DO THEY WORK FOR?

Please go away and never call me again. I called someone in charge in February and I am still waiting. I have a flare gun, should I head it towards Teterboro?