So I'm traveling by air this weekend for the time since February. For the first time since my cancer diagnosis.
I was just a little anxious about it but excited to be getting back in the game. Being that I just had surgery 10 days ago and have fresh stitches, and that I lifted the cutest little boy in the world last night so he could better see the Christmas lights (ouch.....that really hurt....but was so much fun), I was just a little concerned about how I would handle getting through a long travel day and all that entails (ie airport security, cattle call boarding, stowing luggage).
Well, I'm happy to report that TSA was wonderful about helping me through security. Those folks deserve some positive press.
Delta...not so much. I asked for help getting my laptop case in the overhead bin. Know what they told me? That if I wasn't well enough to stow my own bag, I'd have to either check it or I would not be allowed to board. Seriously?
Who in their right mind would check a laptop bag....with a laptop in it? We've all seen how bags are treated by the airlines. I once got a bag from baggage claim that had been duct-taped within an inch of its life because the zipper busted. A brand new bag...which was just fine when I checked it.
Delta explained that a flight attendant might "injure" themselves lifting my bag. Now I understand we live in a sue-happy society, but flight attendants are supposed to be able to manhandle airplane doors, beverage carts, and manage passengers in the event of a crash. And they are worried about injuring themselves lifting a woman's laptop bag??
And worse....this explanation came from a female Delta employee to whom I had just explained that I'd recently had a mastectomy. Another woman....with huge boobs. And a sucky attitude.
May she never develop breast cancer. And have to work (and travel) for a living.
As it happens, there is indeed such a thing as angels. On both flights, very kind gentlemen offered their assistance without even being asked. I can't describe my gratitude.
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