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December 8, 2005 12:03 AM
Broken: Displaced Smarte Carte
Peter Shapiro sends in a picture taken at the Chicago O’Hare Airport :
The Las Vegas carte probably got sick of the bright lights...
hehe, well, when you see shoping carts from the wrong stores, you just figure it got reclaimed from a homeless person...but why would someone walk all the way FROM warm sunny Vegas, TO cold, wet Chicago?
From the looks of the third one back, the signs come off somewhat easily. I would say that someone just took a sign off of a Vegas trolley and stuck it on one in Chicago. The question is, are they going to take the Chicago one and put it in Vegas, or will they take Chicago to New York or something?
its definitly broken if that sign gets used. give someone a heart attack thinking theyre in the wrong place.
"its definitly broken if that sign gets used. give someone a heart attack thinking theyre in the wrong place."
O'Hare is *not* easily confused with McCarran, even on the inside of a terminal... And certainly not if you walk outside! :)
Hey I have been there, and regardless of which one you are at you will be comfused. I don't know that the sign would confuse you any more.
Even if you've never been before to McCarran and O'hare, you should be mentally retarded to think that you landed in the wrong city just because of the sign on the cart.
First, when you boarded the plane to Chicago, chances are there was a big sign at the gate indicating the flight number and its destination. Then, once on board, the flight attendants announce again the flight number and its destination. Later, when they start descending, they usually announce it by saying: "we have started our descent into [name of the city], please fasten your seat belt and.....". Later, once the plane lands but it's still taxiing to the arrival gate, you usually hear: "welcome to [name of the city], please remain seated until the plane comes to a complete stop and....".
This means that you had at least 4 chances to make sure where were you going: when boarding, once on board, when starting the descent and when taxiing to the arrival gate. If by then you don't know what city are you in, you must be mentally retarded if you think you got to the wrong city just by seeing the wrong sign on the cart.
Funny? maybe.... Broken? Not at all, the wrong sign in no way makes my experience as a user less pleasant or confusing.
For Sam (Mexico City): all you say is true, but, I do remember a news story from a few years back: A guy was in Los Angeles, and wanted to fly to Oakland, CA. He ended up on a flight that took him to Auckland, New Zeland! Some peoples kids..... (Although even HE figured it out before the plane landed!)
Funny, yes. But for the record, Anyone should know they are in a Las Vegas Airport since as soon as you get off the plane, the slot machines are everywhere. In Chicago you see the Pizza and hot dog stores. Remember, just for fun!
there is something more broken about these things. You need to pay to use these!. They are free in other countries, but you need to pay $10 to use them in the U.S.
What's broken is the name. How would you pronounce it? Smart-E cart-E or with long As? Sounds dumb either way.
O'Hare in general is broken. We should just post an aerial view photograph of the big, gigantic, sprawling, always delayed, usually snowed-in mess that it is.
I live in Chicago, and it's so sad that most people's only interaction with Chicago is with our awful airport.
I agree that someone would have to be really dumb to have a panic attack over that cart when there are a billion other signs from Mayor Daley saying "Welcome to Chicago" everywhere you look. Now, if I could only find my gate...
Bob: That was a subplot from an episode of Full House. The girls went on to a plane to say goodbye to someone and didn't get off before it closed its door and started taxiing.. They were freaking until some kid with an accent said the plane was going to "Oakland," until of course the American stewardess welcomed everyone on their flight to Auckland. Hilarity and hijinks ensued.
"I live in Chicago, and it's so sad that most people's only interaction with Chicago is with our awful airport."
Not so, when I went there my first glance of the city was from Union Station
Maybe I need to get out more, but O'Hare is my favorite airport. I think it's so beautiful, and I had no trouble getting around either time I was there.
I also loved the city. We're the kind of New Englanders who break out into a cold sweat at the thought of leaving our beloved home, but we liked Chicago so much that we'd consider moving there. The place was beautiful, the subway was clean, and the people were incredibly helpful.
"Even if you've never been before to McCarran and O'hare, you should be mentally retarded to think that you landed in the wrong city just because of the sign on the cart.
First, when you boarded the plane to Chicago, chances are there was a big sign at the gate indicating the flight number and its destination. Then, once on board, the flight attendants announce again the flight number and its destination. Later, when they start descending, they usually announce it by saying: "we have started our descent into [name of the city], please fasten your seat belt and.....". Later, once the plane lands but it's still taxiing to the arrival gate, you usually hear: "welcome to [name of the city], please remain seated until the plane comes to a complete stop and....".
This means that you had at least 4 chances to make sure where were you going: when boarding, once on board, when starting the descent and when taxiing to the arrival gate. If by then you don't know what city are you in, you must be mentally retarded if you think you got to the wrong city just by seeing the wrong sign on the cart.
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But what if said passenger is Deaf? Can't quite lip read a speaker. but this is a just for fun post anyway
assuming this is real, not photochopped, i would love to have seen the exchange between the ticket clerk in chicago and the passenger as he or she walked of the plane with the cart. (Or however the cart got there - i'm sure it would be funny to see.)
and one last thing - what happens (or at least belongs) in Vegas most definiteley does not stay in Vegas!
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Wow, Las Vegas sure has moved a fair bit. Maybe someone snuck the trolley onto a plane from Las Vegas
First!
Posted by: Kip at December 8, 2005 04:05 AM