Sure. A business traveler had a connecting flight at JFK. His first flight was delayed, and when he finally arrived, he found out his connecting flight had already left. The airline didn't offer much assistance, and he had to pay a large sum to get on another flight. It was a costly and frustrating experience.
I heard of a case where a family was flying out of JFK during a busy holiday season. They got separated during the boarding process. The airport was chaotic, and it took hours for them to reunite. The whole experience was extremely stressful for them, especially with young children in tow.
One day, I took a flight. I was seated next to a very noisy person who talked on the phone loudly the whole time. The flight attendant didn't do anything about it. To make matters worse, the in - flight meal was horrible. It tasted like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for hours.
Well, once I woke up late and missed my bus. Then I realized I had left my wallet at home. So I had to walk to work in the rain. When I finally got there, I found out I had an important meeting that I was completely unprepared for. It was a total nightmare.
Sure. I met a woman online who seemed very interesting. We talked for weeks and decided to meet. But when we met, she was nothing like she presented herself. She was overly possessive right away, asking me really personal questions about my finances and who I had been with in the past. She also got angry when I didn't answer her texts immediately during the date. It was a nightmare and I ended the date as soon as I could.
Yes. There was this lactation consultant who was judgmental. When a mother was having trouble breastfeeding, instead of being empathetic, she made the mother feel like it was her fault. She made comments about the mother's diet and lifestyle as if that was the sole reason for the breastfeeding problems, without considering other possible factors like the baby's tongue - tie or the mother's anatomy. This made the mother feel so bad about herself that she almost gave up breastfeeding altogether.
One funny JFK story is when he was president, he had a dog named Pushinka. It was a gift from Khrushchev. The presence of this dog in the White House added a touch of humor and international relations quirkiness.
There was this plumber who promised to finish a bathroom plumbing job in a week. But he kept delaying and delaying. He would come for a few hours every few days and not really get much done. After a month, the bathroom was still not usable. The homeowner had already paid a deposit and was in a difficult situation. Eventually, they had to hire another plumber to finish the job. It was a total waste of time and money with the first plumber.
Sure. There was a house with a termite problem. The termites were eating away at the wooden structure of the house for months without the owners realizing. One day, part of the floor just caved in. It was a nightmare to repair and cost a huge amount of money.
I decided to bake a cake for my family. I followed the recipe carefully, but when I took it out of the oven, I realized I had accidentally used salt instead of sugar. The cake looked okay, but when we tasted it, it was so disgusting. My family still teases me about it to this day. It was just one of those things where I was so focused on the process that I made such a silly mistake.
Sure. A man was driving with his window down. A wasp flew into his car and started flying around his head. He panicked and swerved the car a bit. He couldn't focus on driving as the wasp kept buzzing near him. Eventually, he managed to stop the car and open all the doors to let the wasp out, but it was a very nerve - wracking few minutes.