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DH nearly knocked woman flying

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OneFlewOverTheOwlsNest · 11/10/2021 08:41

We were due to travel to Dublin and the security at the airport was ridiculously long - we were not going to make the flight. Once through security we literally sprinted to the gate, once there DH charged at the woman who was just closing the gate, she turned just in time to see him flying towards her and screamed “SHIT!!!” As he crashed into her - he caught her before she fell and breathlessly asked “we were stuck in security!”
She opened the gate back up and called the mini bus thing to come back whilst explaining that the two missing passengers had arrived - and nearly took her out in the process. I was mortified. The bus came back for us and the woman started laughing and said “Jesus, I need a drink”. I apologised profusely and she said it was ok, she just assumed she was being attacked for a minute. She then apologised for swearing (!!)
Once we were on the plane the pilot came on the tannoy apologising for the delay explaining that they had to wait for two late passengers. Everyone looked at us. I have never forgotten it and I do laugh when I think back but Christ, he could’ve been arrested!

Feeling shit today, AIbU to ask for your holiday disaster stories? (Lighthearted!!)

Also - AIbU to laugh about this now - years later - despite how “wrong” it was at the time?

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MyCatDribbles · 11/10/2021 09:34

Me and a group of friends (8 of us) were at Heathrow airport having breakfast and I was telling them about the time me and a friend nearly missed a flight in Ibiza airport because we were in a cafe too long and lost track of the time, and the airport staff were shouting at us.

The strange thing though is that after I told them this story, we all realised that we were actually running out of time to get to the gate (I think someone in the group had gone to the loo and was spending a long time in there)
We basically had to absolutely leg it to the gate, I remember racing up the escalators so hard it was like being in a sports event, I ran as fast as I could and got to the gate where there was the one guy checking everyone in (though everyone else had been checked in), I arrived totally out of breath and was apologising profusely and he said, you’re not the last…there’s 7 others who are also really late. So embarassed to tell him we were all in the same group.
I spent most of the flight with sore lungs after that

Mumtofourandnomore · 11/10/2021 09:35

We once had our flight cancelled and rebooked with a different airline (due to snow) but it was leaving from a different Heathrow terminal and we didn’t realise. Six of us were travelling together. We made it to the correct terminal with literally five minutes to spare, but there were no seats together so we were all separated. They shuffled seats so I could sit next to my three year old, my seven and eight year old ended up miles away in first class and got free food all flight, and my five year old sat between two complete strangers !! I can’t even remember where my husband ended up ! It was chaos - but we were so happy to get the flight it didn’t matter !!

Fluffypastelslippers · 11/10/2021 09:35

@UnemotionalVelvet

Yet again, MN has a humour bypass...

Or maybe a story about bumping into someone years ago just isn't funny, despite OPs literary efforts.

ImNotDancing · 11/10/2021 09:35

Wow who peed in your lot’s cornflakes today Hmm

OP that’s hilarious 😂

Fluffypastelslippers · 11/10/2021 09:39

@ImNotDancing

Wow who peed in your lot’s cornflakes today Hmm

OP that’s hilarious 😂

I guess we just don't find the same things funny?

My cornflakes are fine though...

Thatsplentyjack · 11/10/2021 09:40

Have you READ the post? He didn't mean to knock her over. They were trying to get through the gate and she was in the process of closing it.

I did read it. He apparently just ran at the woman. Wtf? Who does that?

ImNotDancing · 11/10/2021 09:40

@Fluffypastelslippers
And yet you’re still sat on this thread grumping about how you don’t find it funny!

Mulhollandmagoo · 11/10/2021 09:41

@GoBrookeYourself same here! my husband loves being early, and I hate waiting around. One year we made a last minute decision to get a cheap hotel next to the airport.....he still made me get up at the same time we would have needed to if we'd have had to do the 2.5hr drive to the airport! he is now no longer in charge of the timings Wink

Not just planes either - been 1.5hrs early for a train before too Hmm

Thatsplentyjack · 11/10/2021 09:41

What kind if adult can't stop themselves running into someone else? He quite obviously saw her.

Thatsplentyjack · 11/10/2021 09:43

Also @LindaEllen, I didn't give an opinion, I asked questions and if I did want to give an opinion it would be fine because this is an online public forum.

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OneFlewOverTheOwlsNest · 11/10/2021 09:43

Well this thread cheered me up just as intended 😁 both the accounts of people who took the thread in the spirit it was intended and the sour faces who can’t wait to piss on someone’s cornflakes 😂

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SirGawain · 11/10/2021 09:43

@Thatsplentyjack

What was wrong about it? Did he mean to knock her over? Why would someone run at another person? I don't get it Confused
How about incredibly embarrassing!
EatSleepRantRepeat · 11/10/2021 09:44

When I was at uni, we had a fancy dress party for someone's birthday the night before I went on holiday with my boyfriend and his parents. I got pulled aside at security in front of everyone, but I was completely oblivious to what was going on because for some reason I get checked quite often. The security guard at the bag scanner pulled a pair of plastic handcuffs out of my handbag, which were part of my costume the day before Blush

Not only was I trying to avoid them thinking I was planning something dodgy, but trying to persuade my in-laws I wasn't hoping the family holiday would be a dirty weekend away. When we broke up a year later I was quite relieved I'd never have to face them again.

Jasmine11 · 11/10/2021 09:46

Was your husband drunk? He sounds like a bit of a clumsy oaf whatever the reason. I've had to run for flights before and seen lots of other people running for flights too over the years, but I've never seen anyone knock another person flying..

Thatsplentyjack · 11/10/2021 09:47

@ImNotDancing

Wow who peed in your lot’s cornflakes today Hmm

OP that’s hilarious 😂

Hilarious? Confused I wouldn't even say it's mildly amusing to be honest. Suppose everyone is different.
LavenderAskew · 11/10/2021 09:48

This happened years ago?!! What's brought up this memory or you? Did he recently plow someone else over to make them get out his way?

Does he still, or did he ever, give a shite he'd deliberaly knocked someone over or was that just you that felt bad about it?

Thatsplentyjack · 11/10/2021 09:49

How about incredibly embarrassing!

Ok, yes it would be embarrassing for a grown man to charge at a woman and knock her over because he though he was going to miss his flight. So he thought instead of shouting "wait please" he charged at her and knocked her over Confused

ancientgran · 11/10/2021 09:49

My worst was in the 80s, plane hijackings were going on. I was on a plane to the middle east with my children. The whole thing was a nightmare which was capped by uniformed men coming on the plane, they were armed and started grabbing men and dragging them off the plane.

We had to change planes half way and There was a plane hijacking that weekend, I think it was in Pakistan, and I thought they must have had a tip off that something was about to happen. It was terrifying and I was doing that mum thing of telling the children it was all fine while being a quivering jelly inside.

I should have realised it was going to be a disaster when our first plane was delayed at Heahtrow and a nun got her guitar out, I thought I was in a disaster movie, plane eventually left and almost immediately there was an announcement asking if there was a doctor on board and could they go forward to the cockpit. I was looking out expecting Charlton Heston to appear on the end of a rope to rescue us, I didn't realise it was going to get even scarier on the next plane.

I won't even go into what happened at immigration when we finally arrived.

viques · 11/10/2021 09:49

I turned up at Luton in good time for my early evening flight to Venice, but was a bit puzzled that there was no information about it on screen, went to the EasyJet desk and asked. They smiled politely. “Venice? We don’t fly to Venice from Luton, your flight is leaving from Gatwick.” Which is exactly what it said on my documentation when I read it , properly.

To their credit they didn’t laugh ( in my hearing anyway) and transferred me to a flight the next day -from Gatwick - and without charging me a fee. Actually turned out to be a good thing, I would never have managed to negotiate finding my hotel in the dark, it was hard enough finding it in broad daylight.

Thatsplentyjack · 11/10/2021 09:50

And yes, I realise I repeated myself there, distracted packing bags.

EatSleepRantRepeat · 11/10/2021 09:51

Oh look, the thread police are here. Because somehow wasting time on a weekday policing other people's threads is more virtuous than lifting someone's day with a funny story Hmm At least I'm off sick- do you lot have nothing more productive to do on a Monday?

Fluffypastelslippers · 11/10/2021 09:52

[quote ImNotDancing]@Fluffypastelslippers
And yet you’re still sat on this thread grumping about how you don’t find it funny![/quote]

Yep. That's allowed. Thanks.

LavenderAskew · 11/10/2021 09:52

Also, it's got to be Aer Lingus, they are quite accommodating.

Can't imagine it being an airline such as Ryan Air there's no way they'd call a mini bus back for two (or even 20) later comers (no matter who you assault)!

lorca · 11/10/2021 09:55

Ah see, I've worked in an airport and people not leaving enough time/ambling aimlessly/not listening to announcements are a right pain in the arse. Get fucking organised - you've got a plane to catch!

And yes, running at someone and barrelling into them at speed is hilarious. In any situation. Hmm

EatSleepRantRepeat · 11/10/2021 09:55

@viques I have to admit I've had really good experiences with easyjet. We missed our flight because my friend was stuck in security on the 7am rush, and we just got charged a fee and bumped to the next flight. Whereas I had an accident and injured myself at the gate for my BA flight, and they just shrugged because their next one was full and sent us home with no refund.

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