After five months in Chicagoland, 86 year old Milly returned to Minnesota last week to welcome spring and visit friends. The trip was carefully arranged so American Airlines would treat Milly royally, escorting her through O'Hare and delivering her to the Minneapolis-St. Paul arrival gate unscathed. If only her Minnesota grandson had picked her up on time, not two hours late, the trip would have been perfect.How time can slip away when one's only obligation for the day is to pick up Granny is beyond me. Falling asleep on the couch for a short nap was the excuse, yet why would one allow one's self to do so, knowing full well travelling is difficult for some senior citizens? After calling the kid's cell phone for two hours he finally came to, or woke up, apologizing for his failure to deliver, or in this case pick up. Duh. Incredulous. Unacceptable. Awful. Ridiculous. Enough. Next time a paid driver will be waiting for Milly in Minneapolis -- one who has a watch and an alarm clock.
Photo attribution: somewhatfortyplus
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