Airport drinking

[Gellar]

I ALMOST missed my flight back to Afghanistan from leave. I had a connection and forgot about time change so I was pounding Bud Lattes at the bar thinking I had another hour. Thank god they paged me and I was close to my gate. Walked on the plane half-cocked and kept this one man party going until I passed out somewhere over the Atlantic!!!

Was @Gellar buying you drinks?

I highlighted the key word here. All’s good that ends good.

 

[Sasquatchewan]

Was @Gellar buying you drinks?

There was an older German guy in my aisle. I was pounding Molson Drys and he was downing Heinekens. He was kind of tsunting me, always a beer ahead of me it seemed like.

I eventually passed out and woke up to old boy's tray lined up with empties and him still going strong. 20yo me deffinitely couldn't keep up with a well worn German liver.

 

[44hunter45]

I highlighted the key word here. All’s good that ends good.

I’m still wondering if that soldier you met in MSP made it to the next leg.

 

[Gellar]

I’m still wondering if that soldier you met in MSP made it to the next leg.

I have to believe he did. He was on his way home. I can’t remember if it was for good or just R and R.

 

[44hunter45]

Boarded. On a 9MAX 737. Gives a whole new meaning to getting belted.

 

[44hunter45]

Other airport observations.

If half of all humans are female, why is there always a queue at their public restrooms? Does it take longer for them because they wash their hands?

 

[noharleyyet]

Let’s hear the rest of the story.

Designated flyer…

 

[44hunter45]

Pushing back. Time to go dark.

 

[kansasdad]

Boarded. On a 9MAX 737. Gives a whole new meaning to getting belted.

As the fuselages are made here in Wichita, this one hits home!

 

[2rocky]

My new company made it clear that 2 alcoholic drinks per evening meal was our allowance for expense purposes.

My issue on drinking in airports is that usually when I land I need to rent a car and drive somewhere. So the only time I remember actually drinking on a plane was a flight to Canada for a vendor sponsored fishing trip. The stewardess recognized we were a fun group of guys and comped us our drinks.

 

[longbow51]

I had completed a Caribou hunt in AK, killed a couple of decent bulls. Horrible outfitter, no working stove or water filter, socked in by storms in tents I wouldn't have sent my daughter to Girl Scout camp in (and didn't).
She had a Mountain Hardware tent for GS camp, usually in the fall or spring in Montana, so anything goes, back when it was owned by, well the Mountain Hardware folks, not beancounters.

Finally made it back, shower, 2 G&Ts, and I woke up to "Last call for Seattle". So, yep, I could have been a statistic as a missed flight.

 

[Trial153]

I have met some fantastic people in airport bars during delays!

 

[Gellar]

My new company made it clear that 2 alcoholic drinks per evening meal was our allowance for expense purposes.

My issue on drinking in airports is that usually when I land I need to rent a car and drive somewhere. So the only time I remember actually drinking on a plane was a flight to Canada for a vendor sponsored fishing trip. The stewardess recognized we were a fun group of guys and comped us our drinks.

Itemized receipt, no alcohol. Our handbook says $30 a day for food but no one’s ever questioned that.

 

[44hunter45]

Four hours of someone’s little angel kicking my seat back.

 

[Dave N]

Four hours of someone’s little angel kicking my seat back.

Always.

 

[44hunter45]

Itemized receipt, no alcohol. Our handbook says $30 a day for food but no one’s ever questioned that.

For us it is Per diem only. Cash or personal card. Keep what you save.

 

[Art Vandeley]

I have met some fantastic people in airport bars during delays!

I wouldn’t work for the company I do today and have the career I do if it weren’t for talking to a stranger in an airport bar almost 12 years ago

 

[noharleyyet]

@44hunter45 ...For when you get there....

 

[longbow51]

@44hunter45 ...For when you get there....
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Well, John at the bar, he's a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free...

 

[perma]

@44hunter45 ...For when you get there....
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How did the local drunk make it past TSA?

Guy who’s waiting for a date is a dork. Who decides on a date at a hotel bar?