Originally posted to IRC:

21:18 < prox> HA
21:18 < prox> We can't take off because the cover is missing from one of the flourescent lights in the cabin.
21:19 < prox> <3 flying!
21:19 < prox> .. of course, with Newark, it's always something.
21:20 < prox> And, of course, we can't use any personal electronic devices - however cellphones are allowed!
21:20 < prox> This all makes perfect sense!
21:22 < prox> Dammit.
21:29 < prox> HA
21:29 < prox> Now they just kicked off all the standby passengers.
21:31 < prox> This is great.  Everyone on the plane juSt boo-ed.
21:32 < prox> Hilarious.
21:32 < cnj> define "cell phone"
21:32 < cnj> and how it differs from a PED
21:33 < cnj> (... if my laptop has a UMTS card in it, and I'm using it to make a SIP call ... that's a cell phone?)
21:33 < cnj> yeah, don't bother.
21:33 < prox> Yeah, they'll just get confused and ban cell phones as well.
21:33 < prox> Then I'd get attacked.
21:36 < prox> "If you're in the lavatory, please return to your seat."
21:38 < prox> WHOO
21:38  * prox &

Yeah.  My flight from Charlotte to Newark on US Airways was supposed to depart at 20:25, but wheels-up ended up being 21:58.  It wasn't the delay that bothered me - I'm used to these kind of delays flying into Newark.  It was the stupidity.  Also, sitting next to this girl who claimed she's the "most impatient person I'll ever meet."

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