i heart my “ithaca is gorges” t-shirt.
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
When I travel, one of my favorite t-shirts to wear is my “Ithaca is Gorges” t-shirt. It’s punny, and people who know Ithaca always seem happy to comment on it.
So, I’m flying back from Charleston on Labor day (which was a fantastic trip, btw.. pics here) and when I go to get my boarding passes at the United automated check in computer thing, it tells me to go and please see the counter. Of course, I am wearing the aforementioned “Ithaca is Gorges” t-shirt.
Puzzled, I go up to the counter and ask them about it.
“I like your t-shirt,” says the cute, bespectacled woman behind the check in counter.
“Thanks. Ithaca IS gorges. As in.. GORGES. Cuz, you know.. there’s lots of GORGES there.”
I smile and raise my eyebrows cheesily. I smile again.
“Get it? GORGES? GORGEOUS.. Ithaca is.. GORGES!”
I smile, more sheepishly this time. She chuckles.
“Are you Dennis?”
“Uh, yes, I am.” I look down at the counter, and there’s an itinerary printed out with my name on it.
“Would you mind changing your flight? You get in an hour earlier,” she asks.
“Sure, no problem.” I reply.
At this point, she furiously starts typing and informs me that the new flight leaves in 45 minutes, so I’d have to hurry — she tells me to run over to the Delta desk to get my new boarding passes and then come back and see her at her desk. I walk briskly (since I cannot run yet due to my new ACL) over to the desk and claim my passes, and looking down, I notice that they’re first class tickets.. SCORE!
I return to the counter, where she presents me with a voucher for free air travel, in return for accepting their offer. Double SCORE!!
“You can thank your t-shirt for the voucher,” she kids (I think). She winks at me as I run off to security.
