Sunday, November 15, 2009

Oops. The flight you have requested...

Today something funny happened... At least I think its funny :)
While I was coming back to Mumbai, my flight number was 404.
At the boarding counter me n these airline guys had following conversation-
'Sir, just go down stairs you'll find our bus. It'll take you to your plane.'
'And what if I couldn't find it?'
'huh?'
'hehe. I was just kidding. you know, because the flight number is 404. hehe.'
(they looked at one another)
'well. 404 on internet means file not found. forget it... thanks anyways.'
n then I went down-stairs silently but rapidly.

Seriously, was that a lame joke? or they just didn't know what 404 means..
come on.. everyone knows what 404 means :)



-----------
Just another thought -
May be they should use same protocol.
400s n 500s are may be not common but well known in case of airlines.
Technical issues, not able to connect to the tower, not able to find a flight (like LOST for eg), internal engine issues..
yeah, right? what say?

6 Comments:

Rakesh Pai said...

410

अभिजीत said...

Its not a lame joke. But reality is that many people still don't know about 404 in spite of using internet. Many fiends of mine asked me about our sweat shirt slogan !

Nachiket said...

Its awesome ! Unko joke samajh mein nahin aya :)
But thy will rememer you nonetheless .. :D
Khup diwasanni he itka neet ghadlay ... :D Lai bhari !

Unknown said...

haha..mast!
i can imagine their expressions..n d smirk on ur face ;)
good going :)

Indrani said...

LOL... aweswome tht was :P

Unknown said...

LOL... and for a change the mala hi mahitiye 404 mhanje kay.. :P