Highlights and Lowlights in St. Louis
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canyonwalkerBlue Ridge Trip '24 #2
STL Airport - Sat, 31 Aug 2024. 1pm
Our flights to Charlotte, NC include a connection in St. Louis, MO. Our early morning flight from home left on time, thankfully. It's sad to call that a highlight, but here we are. Oh, but there was another highlight, this one at 37,000' over the eastern Nevada desert....
I got the whole can of water. The WHOLE CAN.
Y'know, because when you ask for "water", you get a little cup with maybe 5oz. in it. So this time I asked, with a smile and a bit of a laugh, "Water, please. And make it a double!"
The flight attendant stared at me blankly.
"I'm asking for two cups of water. Can you bring me two cups?"
"Uh," she paused. "How about I bring you the can?"
The whole can?! BALLER!
Then I saw it. A pizza vending machine.
I love pizza. And I've had some terrible pizza in the past so I figured, how bad can it be? Answer: pizza from a vending machine is about as stupid as it sounds.
The pizza came undercooked. And with about 3x too much sauce. And very little cheese. And possibly worst of all, it was't sliced properly. It started disintegrating in my fingers when I tried pulling the half-cut slices apart. Thankfully Hawk had a spare spork in her bag. I ended up eating the pizza like a hybrid between a pizza and a plate of stew.
STL Airport - Sat, 31 Aug 2024. 1pm
Our flights to Charlotte, NC include a connection in St. Louis, MO. Our early morning flight from home left on time, thankfully. It's sad to call that a highlight, but here we are. Oh, but there was another highlight, this one at 37,000' over the eastern Nevada desert....
I got the whole can of water. The WHOLE CAN.
Y'know, because when you ask for "water", you get a little cup with maybe 5oz. in it. So this time I asked, with a smile and a bit of a laugh, "Water, please. And make it a double!"
The flight attendant stared at me blankly.
"I'm asking for two cups of water. Can you bring me two cups?"
"Uh," she paused. "How about I bring you the can?"
The whole can?! BALLER!
Pizza. Cooked in a Vending Machine.
The lowlight of the trip so far came when I went looking for lunch in St. Louis. The restaurants in the E terminal there are kind of slim pickin's. I mean, if you want a beer, there are, like, 8 places to sit and drink one. But if you want solid food? That's not pure sugar?Then I saw it. A pizza vending machine.
I love pizza. And I've had some terrible pizza in the past so I figured, how bad can it be? Answer: pizza from a vending machine is about as stupid as it sounds.
The pizza came undercooked. And with about 3x too much sauce. And very little cheese. And possibly worst of all, it was't sliced properly. It started disintegrating in my fingers when I tried pulling the half-cut slices apart. Thankfully Hawk had a spare spork in her bag. I ended up eating the pizza like a hybrid between a pizza and a plate of stew.
