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...While my roommates and I are quick to offer commentary on the conversations we overhear, none of us have bothered to walk down the stairs, climb up the next flight over and strike up some neighborly conversation face-to-face. It just isn’t done. Maybe most people decide that the source of all that ruckus couldn’t possibly be worth knowing, and don’t bother to find out. But I think there’s another explanation...
...enough? Try this on for size: While Carol and the Spirit employee argued at the counter, the airline delayed her original flight because of weather and pushed back scheduled boarding. Still, the employee told Carol there was simply nothing she could do, even after Carol explained that she had no food or formula for her grandchildren - the youngest of whom has Down syndrome...
...This is when the Avenger grabbed his cape, mask and truncheon and got involved. Could we get Spirit at least to acknowledge Carol's plight or, dare we dream, reimburse her for the flight-change fees or the hotel bill? Would justice be served for Carol and all the other nameless fliers who had suffered before...
...Spirit Airlines reserves the right to cancel the reservation or seat assignment of any customer who does not have a boarding pass at least 45 minutes prior to scheduled or posted departure"), let's face it, the airline employee could have given Carol a courtesy pass - particularly since her flight was delayed. (And if you want to split hairs, once the airline reposted the flight's delayed departure time, Carol was well within the 45-minute cut-off rule.) Given the situation, the airline could have at least refunded Carol's change fees. We think this was a missed opportunity...
...Unfortunately, for all his trials in the proverbial desert, Father Dario has little in the way of gnostic wisdom to offer the passing hiker, though he does have a funny story about what it's like trying to get through Homeland Security onto a flight to the Middle East when you have the same last name - Escobar - and birthplace - Medellin - as a legendary narco trafficker. "Many people come here because they think I know the future," he says. "I only know one thing: that we all will die." Then he tells me to get married...