19 June
2014
Road-Blogs Ahead! Guess what happened? :-)
This one should have been my puzzle of the week 🙂
Look at the picture carefully. I am in Delta flight 1195 – needless to say, grounded in DC due to weather in Atlanta et cetera et cetera et cetera. And then something happened.
What you see in this picture is our flight attendant with two shoes in his hand and all the passengers staring at him.
Take a guess – what happened? Points for the most humorous and the most far fetched ideas.
I will tell you that even for a travel veteran like me, this was bizarre!!
I will post the answer after a day….
Someone left their shoes in the bathroom
Ooooh! That would be funny … and in an aero plane, scary!!!
It’s a competition to win some football boots in honour of the World Cup!
That would be innovative ….
Shoe bomb threat, get off quick!
The flight attendant says “I had a dream about you last night. We started a shoe company”
Who has misplaced 2 left shoes?
Did someone forget to wear their shoes after the security check?
Did someone wear someone else’s shoes by mistake after the security check?
If you would like to pass out before we take off, please smell these shoes
Steve , that wouldn’t make the flight attendant too smart 🙂
Shiva, that actually makes some sense, but how would they know that the passenger was for this flight?
Shiva , and that passing out would certainly take the edge out of flight delays 🙂
Whoever’s feet fits the shoe gets a free drink!!
ALERT: New FAA Regulation: laced shoes not allowed on airplane for security reasons: can be used in explosive devices.
“… blah blah blah, take your shoes off when you go down the emergency slides. …”
These shoes were manufactured using recycled aircraft tires and helped DL meet the last quarter
Manjit , no insider info here 🙂
Amrith , thinking about your suggestion, that makes sense but he should have carried lady’s high heel shoes 🙂
Rajib, sneakers can tear an escape raft; don’t you watch smithsonian channel or science channel. let that be a lesson to you, in future make sure you take off your high healed shoes if you have to hop on an emergency chute.
He saw your cool running shoes and was looking if anyone can outdo you.
He is trying to explain the weather delay to someone like me.
“You nasty nasty people. This is not your living room. I took these shoes from the passenger in 30A after he fell asleep. Let this be a lesson to the rest of you. You take your shoes off, you pollute my air and then you fall asleep? I’m keeping these.”
Shishir , awesome!!
Kirsten , very very funny!!!
ok, here’s one. he is saying on the microphone … “folks, there’s this here who will give me $100 to stand here with these smelly shoes of his so he can take a picture and post it on facebook. As you know, delta doesn’t pay worth crap so I took him up on it. Please bear with me”.
Duty Free!!! Here is our latest bootlegged alcohol packaged in attractive shoe shaped bottles
Similar to Manjit’s idea … “If any of you have shoes like this which are making a ticking noise, please ring your call bell”.
You will be amazed Amrith how close you are to the truth
“We’re running late folks… perhaps these shoes will help?”
”Who is willing to get out and push?”
Paging Ronaldo…
‘Until yesterday I was a forward on the Spanish national team’
He is on the verge of juggling the shoes just to entertain you on this stranded flight!
“We need to move your shoes to the front of the cabin to balance the weight distribution before we can takeoff.”
“Please remove your shoes before you start moving in this narrow aisle, to avoid trampling on other’s shoes.” he seems to be lecturing!!!
“If there is another one minutes delay I”ll be the first one to throw my shoes at the cockpit door and you guys , especially the one resembling me ,follow suit!”
Rajib, being married to an airline exec, and also have spent my early years as a flight attendant, I think the shoes were either left in the lav or exhibiting a horrible smell.
” Ladies and gentlemen please remove your shoes like I have done, sit in meditation and stay calm.The flight has been delayed for another couple of hours due to inclement weather!”
I agree with what Mary said….
On a serious note, the flight attendant is wearing black shoes.So the pair in his hand is somebody else’s! Somebody must have left his shoes in the aisle due to cramped feet and the attendant is displaying the same, urging others not to do the same to avoid tripping!
Someone’s feet got numb sitting on the flight for long , then while the flight landed the shoes rolled over from the passengers seat to the front … the passengers instead of looking at the man should pinch their legs and see whether they have their own shoes or not !!!
Or may be you are getting rid of your old sneakers … donate to a charity !
What could have possibly happened (in order of lower probability ??? ):
– Someone is actually wearing (past security check etc.) 2 right leg shoes and the attendant is holding (perhaps) 2 left leg shoes.
– Shoes left un-attended in the flight and the attendant is trying to return it to the owner.
Add some humour now –
‘Ok travelers! if anyone here wants to dump his or her shoes in my flight, then you are most welcome to do so..but let it be one right and one left shoe’
‘we are grounded..yes…and that’s bad. But nobody….nobody leave their shoes in my microwave’
‘these don’t fit me, i am size 14’
Saying that these are the shoes worn by Shaqs newborn..and then pulls off tge David Letterman joke ..”Imagine..if this is his shoe size.. then….”
Saying that these are the shoes worn by Shaqs newborn..and then pulls off tge David Letterman joke ..”Imagine..if this is his shoe size.. then….”
I am thinking you left your shoes somewhere and he is looking for who’s shoes they are
Absent Minded Professor-Passenger did not pick up shoe at the security check point after screening !
Are these your chalupa running shoes popping out from your hand baggage and that man holding up for Identification parade!
Anyway ,:the tension is building up!