Not sure who to chalk this one up to USAIR or United but they both blow in my book. Here’s how I spent the last 12 hours.

5:30pm:
I leave work early to get home, change clothes, and catch a cab to the airport since my flight is at 8:10pm.
6:30pm:
I get a voicemail from the Airline (at this point not sure which one) saying my flight’s been delayed.
6:34pm:
I check United’s Flight Status section of their website to see if my flight’s on time, it is.
6:35pm:
I call United’s Customer Support to check if my flight’s been delayed, it’s not. I’m assure by ‘Tom’ from Bangladesh that my flight is on time.
6:55pm:
I call begin my attempt to call the Car Service which is in vain.
7:05pm:
I decide to walk a block to the actual Car Service dispatch center to ask for a rid e in person.
7:30pm:
I arravie at Laguardia, checkin electronicly only to find my flight’s been delayed by 2 hours.
7:35pm:
I begin to understand why the Airline Industry in going bankrupt.
7:45pm:
I call United again, asking them how their website and their Customer Service dept. didn’t know the flight was canceled after they called me. They’re sorry for the miss-communication.
8:00pm:
I find a bar with bad food and have a beer.
8:30pm:
The customer at the next to me has a orders a drink and when the waiter returns with the beverage the clase splits nearly in half. Straight down the middle. I take this as an omen of the way my night is shaping up.
9:00pm:
Taking the demonic splitting of glass I decide to move on, as I’m walking to the next airport bar I notice on the board that my flight is now canceled.
9:10pm:
I head to the ticket counter to ‘barter’ with the agent about getting a flight to Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati… anywhere. He of cousre tells me there’s nothing until 3:50pm Saturday which I find unbelieveable. Then I started suggesting other cities to fly to and then to Columbus. I always thought this was the job of the Ticket Agent but it’s not. This is the job of the Customer, the ticket agent is just there to feel your pain. We find a flight via Washington Dulles (which I hate) at 6:00am Saturday getting me in Columbus at 10:00am excatly 2 hours before kickoff and 1 hour after tailgating begins.

If you can’t tell I’m pissed. I just spent my entire evening at the airport without leaving. It fucking blows and so does United or USAir or whoever the hell operates my flight(s). The Whole Airline Industry can kiss my ass.