Day 1 - EMIRATES AIRLINES HATES ME
I'm not kidding, y'all. I have never had a smooth check in when it comes to Emirates. This year the issue was regarding the weight of our bags. I checked in 4 people - me, Lauren, Rachael, and my mom, a total of 8 bags. As we stood in line to check in we all reweighed our bags as they had a scale in the line. We had also weighed all if our bags before we left the house. At home and in line they all weighed between 45 - 49 pounds (the limit is 50).
When we finally arrived at the check in, the attendant was instantly irritated with me that I was checking India 4 people. Okay?!? Should I leave one of them behind? She was also perturbed that I didn't match everyone's passport with their eticket. Apparently she missed "customer service training day" India her orientation. Anyway we handed her our paperwork and started piling up suitcases on the scale. 6 out of the 8 suitcases had gained weight between the scale in line and the scale at the ticket counter and was now overweight. I told her that they had all been fine 10 minutes prior and she asked, "Where did you weigh it?" I pointed to the Emirates scale and she said, "Yeah, I think our scales are off." Not even sure what to say at this point.
So I start pulling random items out of one bag and putting it into another but apparently taking 5 pounds out of a suitcase and putting it into another makes the other suitcase now 5 pounds heavier. Who knew? Anyway the girl started getting very irritated with me and wanted me to go back to the end of line but I smiled sweetly and just told her how much I appreciated her working with me. I finally balanced out all of the weight and although they were all over a few pounds she said she would let it slide. I had just removed an item from the suitcase that was on the scale but the top was still unzipped. When I zipped the suitcase the weight went UP an entire pound. At this point I threw my hands up and air and gave up. It was a 25 minute process.
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