A Not-So-Perfect Ending

Delta bastards! We got to the airport early and noticed some flights were circling first before landing because visibility was poor, so several were delayed by 30 minutes to an hour. We're about 10 minutes from boarding time when they announce our flight is circling waiting to land. Other planes are loading up and taking off. Then my phone rings with an Orbitz alert that the flight is cancelled. Are they crazy? Delta's announcing it should be here shortly. Fifteen minutes later they tell us the plane went back to Salt Lake City - flight's cancelled. Meanwhile Continental and United are landing and taking off willy-nilly! Only 1 other flight diverts from Minneapolis.

And guess what - there aren't any more Delta flights till tomorrow afternoon. And they won't give us hotel or food vouchers since it was weather-related. Some passengers got quite vocal about why the other airlines were still flying, but I just quietly told the kids that Delta sucks and never to fly them as adults. Lucas had a few things to add: "If I was the president I would shut Delta down! Because of Delta we're living like homeless people!" (This was after sitting in the floor waiting on luggage for 30 minutes - he's obviously quite dramatic.)

Thank Heaven for entrepreneurial Girl Scouts selling cookies in the airport. Though really, was that a good idea to expose little girls to angry passengers? "My flight got cancelled - give me a box of F***ing Samoas!"