On Friday I had this “business” trip to Las Vegas. My company wanted to fly me in for a bit of training and also participate in their annual BBQ. So I booked my ticket on Southwest airlines for a one day trip. I’m not a big fan of Las Vegas. So I flew out Friday morning around 8am and Chris North picked me up from the airport. Nice of him to offer to pick me up. I was just going to get a cab and expense it latter.
There was an early training session on a new help desk ticket system. After that we had our BBQ outside in the parking lot. The ops center was a standalone building and we own the building and the lot. All the hot dogs and hamburgers you could eat. Lots of people came out and enjoy the food and weather. It was surprising good weather. The BBQ came and went and it was only 2pm. There was nothing left for me to do but go back. Unfortunately, I booked my flight at 7pm thinking that they wanted me there all day. My boss said there’s nothing else and if I wanted to get back early I can go ahead, so I did. Chris drove me back to the airport around 3:15. I asked the lady at the ticket booth if I could catch the 4pm fight. She said she cannot book me on that flight since it was already 3:30, but she did reserve me a spot on the flight after that at 4:50. I thanked her and she said if I try I can still make it to the 4pm flight. I sped through security and made it to the gate 3. The attendant there put me on a waiting list but said there was no guarantee I will make on this flight. At 3:55pm, he pulled me back to his stand and printed me a new boarding pass. I couldn’t believe that in less than 45 minutes I was on a plane back to San Diego. Best of all they didn’t charge a dime. Thank you Southwest Airlines.
