I also saw a very prominent MP and supposed Champion of the Working Classes behave in similar fashion to a Auckland University low-level staffer who was unable to tell him where a meeting was.

And the best DYKWIA? slap-down ever. Labour regularly conferences at the Bruce Mason in Takapuna, which…

Your point is cops 'used to' get away with any fracken thing they liked, we know, we know.

"NZ domestic air flights, sport-pistol shooters traveling to…

A friend of mine used to work in the 'special' back bar of Mermaids in Wellington. A very well known, and very senior sportscaster was denied entry to said bar for being too drunk and when challenged went in…

Until the introduction of x-ray machines for NZ domestic air flights, sport-pistol shooters traveling to away-competitions used to take their gun cases on board as carry-on baggage all the time.

About twenty years ago my father took a case of police firearms (four or five pistols) on a domestic flight…

More recently I had two strange luggage experiences while travelling in Vietnam:…

Reputedly (well, its in his biography) the originator of that line was the late great Peter Cook. He was supposedly in a line when some self-important type threw a tantie and he intervened.

Its a true test of character, I think, how people treat those in positions of comparative…

That shud have been stopped, due to the possibility of the flamable gasses coming from it as the air pressure lessens (same reason Zippo lighters have always been banned) – I hope it…

A long line at the American Airlines counter. Finally, a particularly well-dressed man gets to the front, loudly announcing that he wants to check in for first class.

The harried agent does her best, but there's no room. He starts getting louder and more angry. He's…

But totally agree about people trying to puff themselves up in such situations. Having worked in bars I don't know how many times I've heard the "don't you know who I am line" uttered to doormen. Which always seems so utterly useless, because clearly, they don't.

Or if they do,…

Having worked in bars I don't know how many times I've heard the "don't you know who I am line" uttered to doormen. Which always seems so utterly useless, because clearly, they don't.

My partner had this said to him by a former mayor of Chch who shall remain nameless…

Yep but matched equally by a journo(?) who uses their position to vent their spleen.

As a blogger, to be fair. Which I also use to talk about my cat dying and how to tell male from female sparrows. It's kinda a lucky dip ove here. I certainly never pulled…

Yep but matched equally by a journo(?) who uses their position to vent their spleen.

How many Shop assistanst and waitresses have had "People of Self Importance" threaten them, their job, their bosses job, etc. Because they didn't get, their 1st Class…

Every time I have flown into Tucson for some reason my bag goes somewhere else

You should check with Timaru airport.

Though basically my entire net career is based around the idea that nobody from my home town can read or type...

Has anyone else with rellies in the UK come to the conclusion that even though everyone might have an email address, they never, ever open their emails, read them…

Lucky for you tho' you're in the media so someone will be assessing your complaint, delivered via PAS. The rest of us are never so lucky.

Yeah, I appreciate that fact, although I kinda justify it by saying to myself that I'm doing it for the little people ;) figuring…

My first trip overseas I was at an airport in middle US and watch as my bags were loaded onto one of the two small planes on front of my gate. Only to be…

I did this ... only to have the bag's handle come clean off in my hand as I set it down. Attached to the handle was ... the only tag.

Heh!
(warning if at work – loud volume at the start)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZt7Pu2jc6Y

Mostly airlines have been pretty good, but my trips for work often end up in several jumps, and those are the…

Breakfast in Auckland.
Lunch in Christchurch.
Dinner in Queenstown.
Luggage? Fuck knows where.

Classic, wonder if Mastercard would consider running a "Priceless" ad on this?

Do they have phones in Timaru yet? Fire? The wheel?

Oi, watch it.

Though basically my entire net career is based around the idea that nobody from my home town can read or type...

Is she saying Timaru is the only airport not on the network? Surely then, that'd be the first place to try when things go missing. Do they have phones in Timaru yet? Fire? The wheel?

Timaru aka the planet Biro aka the planet Air NZ Flight Luggage

I was once off to Switzerland on a winter weekend in London, flying out of City Airport. The IRA had blown up a building in Canary Wharf the week before, so people were a bit jumpy. I got in a cab at around 5:30…

Breakfast in Auckland.
Lunch in Christchurch.
Dinner in Queenstown.
Luggage? Fuck knows where.

I countered with "Look, I KNOW that's not the case"

"LISTEN." he says "I'M the…

because if it didn't you would never blog.

Anon

There is a fear of flying school :)

that's some great customer service

I'm sorry, y'all, but my bad customer service story cannot be beat.

My dad died suddnely when I was over here, in 1999. My partner and I were lucky enough to find two tickets to Italy via LA and Frankfurt that day (that's the good…

I rember when we were fogged in at auckland for 2 days and dad needed to be in wellington for an operation that afternoon. Their service was helpful and they got us on the first plane out and even…

Either one of the airport staff nicked it when it was lying around at Palmerston North, or you accidentally shipped it off somewhere random, where someone else, a member of staff or member of public, decided to walk off with it.

yes, that's it. exactly.

Lucky for you tho' you're __in…

Raymond: you got it. (Although, touch wood, I've never had luggage go missing, and I've travelled quite a bit). But I reckon the main rule of travelling is always…

Do you think it would be immoral to have such a thing? What do you think people's reactions would be if you pulled out such recordings?

A guy called Gordon Bell beat you to it. Google MyLifeBits for more info.
He used to work for Microsoft, then he retired to…

Do you think it would be immoral to have such a thing? What do you think people's reactions would be if you…

The golden rule is (so my reading tells me) is never pack something that you might like to see again

I pack my luggage with crumpled newspaper and the occasional brick. But as far as my insurance company is concerned, it's all diamonds and rolled up Van Goghs.

I'm going…

We are planning our first trip overseas....

. Lost ours on way to London. Airport announced as soon as we got there, "Can, (insert several names here) please come to such and such counter". Nervously, then angrily,…

We waved out…

Well because they're not on the communication network with the other airports, and wouldn't have got the APB about our bags

Is she saying Timaru is the only airport not on the network? Surely then, that'd be the first place to try when things go missing. Do they have phones…

My bags wandered off once between Wellington and Queenstown, probably during the connection at Christchurch. The whole sticker thing looked a bit wonky, which is where I think it all went wrong.

Thing is, it was Christmas Eve on the second to last flight of the day into Queenstown,…

I feel I was educated by what I saw.

The golden rule is (so my reading tells me) is never pack…