She Took Her Little Cousins Swimming At A Marriott—One Ended Up Vomiting, She Needed A Walker [Roundup]

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  1. This seems like an extortion racket, who goes in the water if you have a scraped up knee, she could have got that bacteria anywhere.

  2. If I didn’t have somewhere to be at the other end of the flight, I wouldn’t stress out about the delay.

  3. Was that one of those indoor pools? Oof. If I may be your ‘suffering sommelier,’ I must say, ‘projectile vomit’ pairs nicely with ‘explosive diarrhea’…

  4. Also, nice ‘Casablanca’ lines. Classic.

    Finally, that Economist article is spot on. The airlines are now just credit card/bank affiliates, who occasionally do need to fly an aircraft to keep the ‘game’ afloat. So, to those who gripe about ‘low margins..’ and ‘but, but, they’ll increase airfares..’ recall that those partnerships and selling those ‘points’ are where the real money in commercial aviation is today.

  5. The Nate Silver article is an interesting analysis, but he still notes that he does his “cutting it close”strategy when he is:

    • flying within the United States.
    • not checking bags.
    • There are some reasonable backups if he misses the flight (he is in NY)
    • And even then, he goes on to note that of the flights he missed, all but one was because he misgauged his commute

    That is a lot of ifs. I am flying international about half the time these days. I have a hard time getting by without checking bags, since I usually need multiple changes of clothes for work. And even at large airports, I can tell you that if you miss the morning flight to podunk, you are sunk. If there is another flight, it might be full. Finally, traffic problems happen all the time, especially in major cities.

    For me, at least, I am happy to work on the laptop in the lounge versus at home or the office for an extra half hour. On the return leg of a trip I may be okay missing a flight – but only if it is the airline’s fault, so it won’t cost me anything. I stick by thinking that if you are okay missing a flight to go somewhere by cutting it too close, you are taking trips you don’t need to take. I fly because I need to be somewhere at a particular time.

  6. I always avoid hotel pools. Which usually have germs in them the size of a nickel.

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