Lufthansa - A video coach flying bus

Till date I have traveled to US four times. And, all the times I had to travel by Lufthansa!

I consider myself very unfortunate. I have heard from many people about the service provided by other airlines. If you compare other airlines [Singapore, Emirates, Air France, Jet, Thai, ..]..I believe Lufthansa is the worst. Lufthansa is bad in terms of the facilities/amenities they provide and worst is their service.

If you would look at the lack of facilities in Economy class [I have not seen other airlines myself], I can say the following points:

1. The toilet is too small. There is no enough space for standing also.
   
2. There are no individual TVs. There is a common TV for a set of around 15-20 passengers
3. TV is too small for viewing by many passengers.
   
4. The audio system is quite bad.
5. Chair push-back and head rest is one of the worst. Even buses are much comfortable.
6. There is no foot rest.
7. My worst experience with the on-board TV was when I had to sit in the first row of the economy class. The TV is placed just about the door on the pathway. And, the first row starts immediately after the door. So, from the first row, u can't see anything. And, if you try to see, you will be left with nothing other than neck pain. Even first row/bench tickets in cinema theaters are much better.
8. The food [veggie] is not good. It will be very oily and sometimes uncooked or half-cooked.
   

My worst experience with air-hostess was when I asked for a glass of juice and she told me that I can myself go to the storage area and take.

Six Flags over Georgia

11-Aug-2007
Georgia, US

I had reached Atlanta last week. My colleagues who were already there in Atlanta had purchased tickets to Six Flags over Georgia. Scientific Atlanta (the company I work for) had a picnic deal to the place for $5. The normal ticket price is around $55 (excluding food and parking). The deal that they had got was including parking and food! These guys had not got a ticket for me. So, I was very sad. I had always wanted to visit one of the Six flags in US, since it is known that they have the most scariest rides!

So, I asked my team mate (American) to try and get a ticket for me. Hurray! I got it! [for $0]

We had breakfast at hotel and started our day. The place is around 35 miles from our hotel. Reached there by around 9. The place was not crowded. That day the forecast was a record-high temperature. May be, that is the reason for a lesser crowd. Finally, we were at the entrance of Six Flags.





I went to and enjoyed almost all the rides. Most of them were roller coaster types. I would like to go for more scary rides. I want to try a ride similar to bungee jumping, but we were late. Should surely try it some other time.

Even Americans don't keep the place clean!!!

Normally, we see that most of the places in US is very clean. Any foreign country, for that matter. They keep the environment very clean. They don't litter things here and there. At least, to whatever I had seen or heard so far, I had this notion about Americans.

I had been to Six Flags over Georgia this weekend and was shocked to see that when people were waiting in the queue to go for some rides, they had stuck chewing gums on the trees, bill boards etc. It looks really yuck!

I managed to take a picture of a board which reads 'Please help keep the park beautiful".....



Those are cents stuck over chewing gums!!!

Can't we change for good???

I am currently in Atlanta. Here, me and my colleagues are staying in a hotel, Marriott Residence Inn. The hotel is 5 miles from our office. Hotel offers free pick-up and drop service to the work place. Shuttle timings are supposed to be 8 AM and 6 PM, which seems to be reasonable. It takes 10-15 minutes for travel.

There are some people (including me) who get ready a little before the actual time, so that no one gets delayed because of us. But, there are people, who come for breakfast at or after 8 AM and then leisurely have breakfast and then start from the hotel. Will they not realize that they are wasting everyone's time?

Mostly, I have seen that Americans are punctual. One day, few of us had got ready and were waiting for others to come. Driver (an American) waited for 5 minutes and then asked if we can start. We told let's wait for 5 more minutes, since some more people have to come. He kept on asking every five minutes and we kept on saying another 5 more minutes. Obviously, he got pissed off. And, he left the place. By around 8.35 or so, everyone got ready, but, he had left. He made us wait for some time. When we called him, he told wait for 5 minutes in a sarcastic tone. I won't say there was anything wrong in what he did. Even after that these people did not realize that it was their mistake, but in turn they were cursing him. The driver asked about our work timing. One person replied 9 AM. It was already 8.55. So, he told, anyways you will be late to work, so I will come after 30 minutes. Even then, no one realized.

The worst part was the next day. Few of us had got ready by 8 AM. Then only did we come to know that the defaulters (who normally come late) have changed the shuttle timing to 8.30 AM. That was really heights. Even for a single second they did not think about discussing with others and then deciding. They had decided all by themselves.

If the timing is 8AM, how can they change it without getting everyone's consent?

Now, the next heights is, after all this has happened, they come for breakfast at 8.45AM!!!

Can anything be done about them to change this? My solution would be: don't wait for them. Let the shuttle leave on time. But, don't know if every one will agree to that.