To be clear, I’m more concerned about my bricked iPhone than the likelihood of having to deal with N1H1, considering that regular flu is way worse (36,000 people die every year from regular flu season in the U.S.A.). This is not so much a pandemic as a pan(dem)ic.
But any flu in Seattle specifically might be harsh as Vitamin D deficiency has recently been linked to an increase in colds and flu’s. Good to know; Seattle folk are not exactly known for their quality time with sunshine. 1.) We don’t have it. 2.) I’m not sure we’d want it – we’re all inside on our computers. The chicken and the egg question comes to mind: does Seattle breed geeks or do geeks gravitate toward Seattle? Maybe both. On this note, I might go for a walk this afternoon and give up on the phone recovery for a bit.
Speaking of walking, I actually saw a man walking down the street wearing a surgical mask today. Why are people panicking so much? Is it the Twitter paranoia seeping into real life?
At least at the end of the day, this madness will help to prep us for the eventual zombie outbreak. ;-)
Luckily, the Phoenix airport has free wifi, otherwise I might be upset. As it is, I can sit here and get work done, it doesn’t matter to me too much whether I’m in PHX or in a coffeeshop in D.C. The fact is though, US Airways oversold the last three flights from PHX to DCA, and needed 6-8 volunteers to stay behind on each flight. By letting them bounce me to the next flight twice, I’ve “earned” 2 round trip tickets to anywhere, a night in a hotel, and $30 in food vouchers by just being willing to sit around the airport and wait for the next flight.
It is understandable that they oversell some flights that people tend to bail on when it comes time to show up, but if the DC flights are constantly needing people to volunteer to stay behind, it seems that US Airways would make more money in the long run if they did not oversell this flight. It must be expensive for them, I know they’re pretty much paying for my trip.
They’re asking for volunteers again, but I need to get to DC by tonight, so it’s off I go. If I didn’t have places to be and people to see though, I wonder how many times I could volunteer and earn flight vouchers. Someone in the US Airlines management needs to reevaluate how they are doing this.
On a personal note, my time with Connie (a dear college friend, for those who don’t know her) was awesome! :-)
April 10-13th: See Connie in Phoenix, AZ
April 13th – 15th: See Rachel in Washington, D.C.
April 15th – 21st: See Rory in Washington, D.C.
April 21st: Back to Seattle via Chicago
Weeeeeeeeeee! 9 minutes until I board the plane to Phoenix! :-D
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