Welcome to the 21st Century
Jan. 1st, 2012 06:14 pmSo I'm sitting at a gate at the Atlanta airport, waiting for my flight home, when all of a sudden my phone is like "HEY YOUR GATE JUST CHANGED" and I'm like "WTF Orbitz app, you are obviously mistaken, I'm sitting right in front of the gate monitor and it clearly says that this is still my correct flight number and destination" but the phone is all like "NO YOU ARE WRONG YOUR GATE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT NOW TRUST ME FOR I AM SMARTPHONE AND I KNOW THESE THINGS."
And I hear at least two other phones buzzing, and a few other people at the gate are starting to look around like they're really confused.
So ten minutes pass, and there's no change on the gate monitor, no change on the big arrivals/departures monitor down the hall, and the TVs all around the gate area are still flashing reminders that Flight XX departing for City YY is about to depart from Gate ZZ in fifteen minutes. That's still my flight and I'm still sitting at Gate ZZ.
But my damn phone is still all like "HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOUR GATE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS GIGANTIC AIRPORT AND IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ASS MOVING RIGHT NOW YOU ARE GOING TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT GODDAMMIT ARRRRGH WHY ARE HUMANS SO FUCKING STUPID!?!?"
Eventually I see a girl on the other side of the gate walk up to the flight attendant behind the customer service counter, point to her phone, and ask the attendant a question that I can't hear. The attendant laughs and waves her hands dismissively. I couldn't hear a word that they said, but I can guess the contents of their exchange well enough.
A moment later, the flight attendant announces that we're about to start boarding Flight XX departing for City YY. Phone, you are still wrong. I think it's time to shut you off now.
Smartphones, y'all. Not always as smart as we'd like them to be.
And I hear at least two other phones buzzing, and a few other people at the gate are starting to look around like they're really confused.
So ten minutes pass, and there's no change on the gate monitor, no change on the big arrivals/departures monitor down the hall, and the TVs all around the gate area are still flashing reminders that Flight XX departing for City YY is about to depart from Gate ZZ in fifteen minutes. That's still my flight and I'm still sitting at Gate ZZ.
But my damn phone is still all like "HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOUR GATE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS GIGANTIC AIRPORT AND IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ASS MOVING RIGHT NOW YOU ARE GOING TO MISS YOUR FLIGHT GODDAMMIT ARRRRGH WHY ARE HUMANS SO FUCKING STUPID!?!?"
Eventually I see a girl on the other side of the gate walk up to the flight attendant behind the customer service counter, point to her phone, and ask the attendant a question that I can't hear. The attendant laughs and waves her hands dismissively. I couldn't hear a word that they said, but I can guess the contents of their exchange well enough.
A moment later, the flight attendant announces that we're about to start boarding Flight XX departing for City YY. Phone, you are still wrong. I think it's time to shut you off now.
Smartphones, y'all. Not always as smart as we'd like them to be.
