Q: Have you ever experienced any trouble at airports?
A: I think everyone has! I’ve had problems in the past with flights that were delayed or canceled, being stranded in cities I wasn’t supposed to be in to begin with, and having my luggage sent home without me.
The worst time was when I was trying to get home from Chicago. All of the passengers were waiting at the gate for the flight, but the airline staff never showed up, and the time kept changing for our flight departure. About 5 hours after the flight was supposed to have left, they finally made an announcement on the loud speaker that our flight was canceled, and we would have to go to another gate to re-book. This was before cell phones, so we all had to stand in line for several hours to use one of only two airline hotline phones to rebook our flights. We ended up being stuck in Chicago for 3 days with no luggage. The airline gave us “discount vouchers” for hotel rooms, but we had to change hotels every night, so it was a very, very stressful and unpleasant time!
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Q: 空港でトラブルにあったことはある？
A: みんなあると思うわよ！フライトが遅延か欠航になって、いるはずのない都市で足止めを食らって、荷物は家に送られているということがあったわ。
最悪だったのは、シカゴから家に帰るとき。乗客全員がゲートで搭乗を待っているのに、航空会社のスタッフが現れず、出発時刻がころころ変わったの。出発予定時刻の５時間後、最終的に大きなスピーカーから発表されたのはその便の欠航。私たちは別のゲートに行って再予約をしなくちゃならなかったわ。携帯のない頃だったから、みんなフライトの再予約のために２つしかない航空会社直通電話の前で何時間も並ばなくてはならなかったの。結局、荷物もなく3日間シカゴに足止め。航空会社はホテルの割引バウチャーをくれたけど、毎晩ホテルを変えなければならなくて、すごくストレスがかかる不快な時間だったわ！
