The Brood film

Yeah this time too the title steals the show. This week I traveled all the way from West coast (Los Angeles) to East Coast (Pittsburgh, PA) then to Washington DC and finally I am in London Heathrow at this moment when I write this message.

Our flight last night was supposed to depart at 9:55pm but couldn’t make it so the flight was delayed and I was delighted as there was more than 10 hours of stopover for me in London. So our British Airways flight from Washington Dc left around 11:30pm. I was happy as the flight was 2 hours late. But who knew about the miracles British pilots can do on the way. Yeah it was impossible to be on time but our nice pilots made it before time. This is damn impressive.

After making 3 circles of London area, our flight landed finally in the morning around 10:30am. I was pretty wasted last night in the flight as the lady sitting next to me had no mercy on us (me and other passenger sitting next to her) . She had brought a big winter coat with two bags which she rammed and jammed under the seat in front of us and pushing her heavy weight fur coat in my leg rest area. It was pretty painful night but I tried to adjust…this is what we had learnt in school…thoda sa adjust kariyo (adjust little bit). The gentleman sitting behind me was high is his world and kept on kicking me from behind the seat to keep me awake till i turned back and showed my red eyes rolling. He understood that I was not happy with the kind of assault he was up to.

Ok, we got to London. Coming out from flight was pretty easy task. When I reached the flight connection to Terminal 4 at Heathrow, I was stopped by a BAA employee saying that I have excess baggage and was advised to check in one piece. I tried to explain them about the regulations and notices they had on the site which was misleading to public. I also did ask the desk attendant at Washington Dc if I could take it and they assured me that it wont be a trouble.

I was very hesitant to give this piece of luggage as it contained all my important documents and files. Also it was was British Airway’s fault for mis communication and I demanded to see a higher authority. Soon few BAA authorities arrived and they to tell me what the regulations were to which I completely oblige. BA attendant rang up the manager who spoke to me and kept on saying that they are right and I am wrong. The lady was very adamant and wont accept that it was their fault. Finally I gave up like any other common man but also warned that if a single document was touched or went missing, I will talk to my attorney.

Finally came out of this mess by surrendering the hand baggage to them. After reaching Terminal 4 I began my search for Wi-fi connection at Heathrow Airport. After few mins research I came across “SurfandSip” network who charged around $10 for a 24 hour unlimited internet connection.

Since then I have not wasted a single minute but went online to finish some website projects.

I am waiting for my next flight BA199 which is scheduled to depart at 21:30pm from LHR to BOM and before they announce the boarding gate number, I thought that I should blog this incident.

Yeah, If you did read all the way from begning to end then I could say that you have just wasted your few precious minutes just like me.