Thursday, December 13

Real English 50-go through the roof

Mr. S had some flight trouble.  His was still furious, steam was actually coming off of him,  when he told me about the incident in class 4 days after the fact on Tuesday.  In fact, he said, "I was so angry I wanted to punch someone!"  The below is our dialogue from class the other day:

Mr. S:  Listen to this Glenn.  You'll never believe it!
Glenn:  What happened?
Mr. S:  I had to go to Hokkaido on a business trip last Thursday, and I wanted to get the most out of the day, so I lined up many appointments with various clients and booked the earliest flight out of KIX on a LCC.  
Glenn:  Which one?
Mr. S:  I am so angry that I can't even say the name....ahhhhhh!!  The Fruity one!  
Glenn:  OK, got it.
Mr. S:  The flight was scheduled to depart at 7am.  So I woke up early, and arrived at the airport around 40 minutes before departure, at 6:20am.  When I went to the check-in counter, the lady at the counter told me that the flight was canceled due to weather conditions.  I was like "What?!  When was this decided?" Then she told me that they informed all everyone of the cancellation by email last night around 7pm.  But I left my office at 5pm so I didn't see the email.  So I asked, "Why didn't you call me?" And she said "I don' t know...Headquarters is in charge of all matters related to cancellations. I am very sorry for the inconvenience..."  Then, she said the next flight was at noon, and if I want I can get a seat on that flight.  I said, "Noon!?  What are you kidding me?! I have an appointment in Sapporo at 11am!!"  And after that, needless to say, I went through the roof and went off on her!!
Glenn:  Take it easy Mr. S!!  Calm down and take a few deep breaths...So what did you do next?
Mr. S:  I went to a different terminal, and got a 9am flight with another airlines, a real one, ANA.  
Glenn:  That was lucky!
Mr. S: Yeah, but, In the end, I couldn't make my appointment at 11am, so I had to cancel it.  Other that that, everything was OK though.
Glenn:  I am  glad to hear that. I have also had the unfortunate experience of flight trouble...It sucks, I know!
Mr. S:  Thanks for the sympathy. But let me tell you something. I will never fly any  LCC ever again!!!

Have you ever flied a LCC?  

If yes, which one? How was it? 
 What are the basic differences between regular airlines and an LCC?
If no, do you want to try it one day?




Now, let's all breathe slowly while looking at the beautiful photos below...
Take three deep breaths...One...two...three. That's it!





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