OMG

[dennisb66]

Flying to Tenerife on Friday morning,have taxi booked for 10.45 to EM Airport thinking ETD was 1420. Just been checking documentation and realised that ETD is 1000hrs.Just rebooked taxi for 0630am.OH is telling me what a prat i am.
In my defence i took the arrival time as the ETD time,anyone can do that,CARN'T THEY ?

[KJN]

NOPE. Haha

Nice to see I am not the only one that has done it.

[grasscarp]

Perfect OH should do the checking and the booking then. At least you have rectified the mistake in time.

[bookbinder]

ETD quite clearly means Estimated Time of Departure. Yes, anyone can misread anything, I suppose, but I'm 72 and shortsighted. What might be your excuse, dennisb66?

[vulcan]

A friend of mine has, on arriving at an airport, discovered that 1600 hrs does not mean 6 0'clock and to her chagrin has done it twice.

[gingejbee]

Many years ago I travelled 150 miles to Gatwick to collect my mother who was returning from a holiday in Canada, only to find I was exactly 24 hours early. Went home and did it all again the next day.

[sddsddean]

At least you found out now and not on arrival at East Mids!

[snags]

Are you sure it is THIS Friday ;-p

[dennisb66]

"Are you sure it is THIS Friday "

Yep got that right Snags.

"Perfect OH should do the checking and the booking then"

Exactly what my OH said Grasscarp.

"but I'm 72 and shortsighted. What might be your excuse"

76 going on 90 my OH says Bookbinder.


"At least you found out now and not on arrival at East Mids"

Dead right Dean otherwise I'd have been the dead one.lol

[zebo]

We used to collect a friend's child from school to put him onto a flight to Germany. At one point there was a strike or something at Manchester meaning bussing to somewhere else for some flights. We phoned Luftwaffe who said the late afternoon flight didn't exist on Saturday, despite havng sold a ticket for it. He would be on a morning flight, no apologies or whatever. We then had to make a 150 mile round trip on Friday night to get him from school. They never did apologise.

[bookbinder]

...welcome to the club, dennisb66!