The Breakfast Club - Airport Horror Stories

Episode Date: June 28, 2023

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It's Topic Time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now if you're just joining us, we're opening up the phone lines and talking about being stuck in the airport. Yesterday, 7,000 flights were canceled 9 000 were delayed uh my flight was canceled six times uh my assistant stayed on the phone with delta and then i don't know where they pulled this jet up it wasn't on it wasn't on online it wasn't on

the app but they pulled this plane up and they had seats so we booked our seats and then in three minutes that that flight was full so we're asking 800-585-1051 your horror stories. I was in the airport yesterday with Eric Sermon. Shout out to BDOT. That's DJ Premier. Man, that does sound like a horror story, Envy.

You was in the airport with Eric Sermon, BDOT, DJ Premier. There was mad people in the airport yesterday. You had to defend your top five. You was debating

about hip hop for hours on end. Everybody was just trying to get home. But very interesting conversations. I love to defend your top five? You was debating about hip-hop for hours on end? Everybody was just trying to get home. But very interesting conversations. I love to see those brothers. They got so much wisdom, so much knowledge. But yeah, I was stuck. We were stuck for a long time. And I actually thought we were going to have to leave the airport

and go back to the hotel. But thank God the flight was able to get off. When I landed, it took me an hour to get my luggage. Usually it takes 10 minutes. It took about over an hour to get just the luggage. As you can see, I'm still stuck. You know what I mean? Because my flight was canceled yesterday.

But I learned a valuable lesson. And that valuable lesson is I am never, ever in my life doing anything on one of my children's born days unless my child is with me. Never, ever, ever, ever again. You know what I mean? When's your child's born day? It child is with me never ever ever ever again you know what i mean when's your child's born day it was yesterday oh damn yeah so i went against uh one of my my moral rules you know what i mean uh because i thought i would be back you know in time to spend at least you know some of the day but no i'm still here but you know luckily she turned 15 and she don't give a damn oh she said she don't care about you yeah she don't care she don't give a damn. Oh, she said she don't care about you. Yeah. She don't care. She don't care. She, she,

she got her, she got what she wanted for her birthday. You know what I mean? That's all that matters. That's all that matters. Daddy, send me your card. But you know,

that's not what it's about for me. No, it's not about that. It's about wanting to spend, you know, time with my, with my little ones on this, on their special days,

but never again. I promise you, if it's my wife's birthday or any of my children's birthday, don't ask me to do nothing. Okay. I will not. I will not be there. Hello. I promise you, if it's my wife's birthday or any of my children's birthday, don't ask me to do nothing. Okay? I will not be there. Hello? Hello?

Hey, Bree, good morning. Good morning. You were stuck in the airport. Tell us about your horror story this weekend. Well, we did a girl shift to Miami, and I went to the airport at like 12 o'clock, and I didn't get to leave out the airport until about 6 o'clock because one plane was delayed, one plane was going on maintenance, and then they were canceling flights. And then I work at the airport, so all the LaGuardia flights going to New York were getting canceled and delayed and coming in.

So it was a hot mess this week. Now let me ask you a question. Doesn't that make you feel like doubly disrespected being that you work at the airport and you can't get a flight? Do you ever say that to them? I work at an airline. Well, see, we fly free, so we get in by. So I already got accepted. But being rolled over, rolled over, rolled over, I was just ready to buy a bottle.

I was getting so annoyed. But let me ask you a question. If somebody misses their flight and it's an overnight flight, do the airlines pay for the hotel? No. That's messed up. You think about it. Somebody is out of town, their flight gets delayed or canceled,

and now they got to just sleep at the airport because they might not be able to afford another hotel room. I thought that was some legislation they passed earlier this year that they were going to start paying for stuff. No, they are trifling. You want to sleep right in the hotel to wait for your flight. The next flight, they book you.

Unless, sometimes, if it's due to their thumbs, then they might put you in the hotel, but that's not rare. That's rare. If it's Mother Nature, because yesterday, I couldn't imagine there was so many people in the airport that they would have to pay for hundreds of people. I'm like, there's no way airlines are paying for that. I will that does disappoint me though that disappoints me

because i i'm a jet blue i'm a proud jet blue flyer a proud mosaic member you know i feel like when you cancel our flights we deserve a phone call okay everybody yeah well no the mosaic members i ain't everybody i said the mosaic members there's a lot of mosaic members they send you a damn text don't they do it do it by miles okay they know how many miles i got compared to other people do it by miles and call those of us with a lot of miles uh and tell us and then put us on the first thing smoking we should get first uh right of refusal for these flights no i agree that i agree with that i think the million miles and people that fly a lot if you can't fly we should have first that's right hello who with that, too. Hello, who's this? What's up, Mike?

Mike, what's up, man? You had an airport horror story the last couple of days, brother? Nightmare, man. I was stuck in Tampa yesterday. I was 37th on a standby list and I knew right then and there it was over for me. It got to the point,

it was a United flight. They canceled three of my flights. I was stuck in the airport. I even got so bad I went to the point uh it was united flight they canceled three of my flights uh i was stuck in the airport i even got so bad i went to the frontier desk they had no flights for me um and then i finally by the grace of god went to the jet blue desk and somebody must have canceled their flight as soon as i went up there and they wanted me to um united wanted to book me on thursday and be stuck in florida for two more days couldn't do that had to get to work and jet blue book me on Thursday and be stuck in Florida for two more days. Couldn't do that. Had to get to work. And JetBlue got me on.

So I'm a JetBlue customer for life now. Well, at least JetBlue did something for somebody yesterday because they didn't take care of their Mosaic members with a lot of miles like myself. Damn it, man. Well, I will tell this. This is what I usually do. If you have a credit card and most airlines will give you your money back. So if I do see a flight open up, I buy the i don't care i just buy the ticket and even if i don't use it you can call and nine times out of ten the airport most of them will give you your refund back within 24 hours

but at least i hold my spot on that flight and then if it cancels i just get my money back put it right back on my card i do that all the time i'm with you i just want better uh i want better service for those of us who have our Mosaic members on JetBlue. Or if you're on Delta and you got you a belt, whether you're silver or gold or what's the other one? I'm diamond. Diamond? Yeah. You know what I mean?

If you got a belt on Delta, we should be getting more respect and love than everybody else. Sorry. Yeah, I'm a million miler. They gave me 15,000 miles for my delay yesterday, though. Is that enough? No. I don't think so either. I'll take it all right

but 800-585-1051 we were talking about airport horror stories yesterday 7 000 flights were canceled 9 000 flights were delayed were you part of that let's discuss how do you feel it's the breakfast club good morning it's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club let's talk about it morning everybody it's dj nv charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now if you're just joining us 800-585-1051 we were talking about horror stories airport horror stories yesterday i mean it got to the point last night, it was just, they just kept canceling flights and canceling flights and canceling flights. 7,000 flights were canceled yesterday, 9,000 delays.

So you can just imagine the amount of money and time people are losing, the amount of money airlines are losing, and it's mother nature. So there's really nothing they can do. Yeah, the worst part about it is, as somebody who's, I'm not going to say currently stuck

because I'm flying out this morning, but as somebody who, flight did get canceled yesterday, the worst part about it is that when they tell you, hey, you can't get on another flight until Thursday, 29th. Yeah, you can't get on another flight until

the 30th. You know what I mean? Yesterday was Tuesday. You mean to tell me I got to stay where I'm at for two days? What if I don't have the means to stay where I'm at for two days? What if I can't afford And that's what I was saying. No for two days? What if I don't have the means to stay where I'm at for two days? What if I can't afford

no more hotel rooms? What if I can't afford to keep buying out? What if I need to get home because I got to get back to work? Like, damn. Yeah, I mean,

and there was a lot of people in the airport that you could tell they were sleeping there for the next two days and they were, you know, trying to get blankets and trying to get

whatever they can to keep warm and it's really messed up. So you mean to tell me people are going to be sleeping at the airport for the next two days? And I mean mean in the next two days airports gonna smell like bus stations yes lord have mercy yes let's go to the phone lines hello who's this hello hey what's

your what's your name ananiyama hey mama so you were stuck where were you stuck i'm not stuck but my co-worker is stuck and i'm covering for him and i'm ready for him to come back why are you snitching stop snitching? Stop snitching, man. You wouldn't want him to do that. He's in Hawaii. He's in Hawaii, but I'm tired of telling him. Nah, he hate. I'm sorry. That's not a bad place to get stuck.

I would get stuck in Hawaii. Nah, but he needs to get back already. I'm working too many hours. I'm tired. And what do you do, mama? I sell insurance. Oh, you sell insurance. Alright, well, he'll be back on Friday. Yeah, and he'll have your back next time. But I'm making mad money what do you do, mama? I sell insurance. Oh, you sell insurance. All right, well, he'll be back on Friday. Yeah, and he'll have your back next time. But I'm making mad money, though, without him being there. There you go.

See, look at the bright side. That is a positive side. Look at God. Hello, who's this? What's going on, guys? This is Patrick from Queens. Patrick from Queens. What's up, man?

You were stuck in the airport, bro? Nah, I'm calling on behalf of my mother and my sister. I had to get them situated. You know, they was flying back to Atlanta, but they got canceled out of LaGuardia. I had to drive them

all the way to MacArthur Airport in Long Island. He's out there. And they still got stuck out there again. Now they in Baltimore and still trying to make it back. So you drove them to LaGuardia.

Then you went to Long Island, which is an hour drive to Long Island. Then you had to drive to Baltimore, which is a three-hour drive, and he's still stuck. Still stuck, bro, and I'm out of gas money now.

Damn. Let me ask this magic question. Is the weather that bad in New York? Not now. That's what I'm saying. Was it that bad yesterday? They said it was. They said lightning, and they said it was pretty bad. It was a little rainy, but I think it was the weather in Atlanta that was the problem. Now, they said it was was the weather in Atlanta that was the problem.

No, they said it was the weather in New York that was the problem. Yeah, they said New York. We all messed up. And what makes it so bad is that when they cancel a bunch of flights, the reason people can't get out until Thursday and Friday is because all of these people rebook on all of the flights and everything gets backed up like a backlog. Correct. But I'm with you. I'm with the people that stay with the airlines the longest, that has priority or seniority. They should be booked first, even if they got to put people back. That's right.

I'm JetBlue. I'm a proud Mosaic member. I got a lot of miles. On Delta, you know what I'm saying? I'm silver. You know, I'm getting to where I need to be. I'm a million miler. But if they called the million milers and the platinum people before me and the

gold i don't have a problem with that but you can't as a as you can't just call people that don't got as many miles as me and book them on the first flights out i'm with you that ain't right i'm with you hello who's this yo realio what's up brother talk to us well y'all got some names on y'all yeah i know i know a black hispanic okay yeah no so we was leaving up out of uh Yeah, I know, I know. A black Hispanic. Okay. Yeah, no, so we was leaving up out of Fort Lauderdale yesterday. Get to the airport at 4.20, and I'm sending my daughter off. And the minute we get to the checkpoint, her flight's supposed to leave at like 6.30.

She looks at me like, Dad. I'm like, what? She was like, it's delayed till 10.30. What do you mean, 10.30? Oh, it's a wrap. Once you say 10.30, it's a wrap He was like, it's delayed till 10.30. What do you mean 10.30? Oh, it's a wrap. Once you say 10.30, it's a wrap. Oh, I don't know. Did it leave? At 10.30. Oh, it did. Oh, it did leave. Now, Fort Lauderdale, I've got stuck in Fort Lauderdale a lot.

And that's probably one of the smallest airports, but it's always delays in Fort Lauderdale. All the time. Yeah, and there's certain airports you just know you ain't getting out of once they say a certain time. Newark be like that sometimes too. Newark be like that. LaGuardia be like that. It be like 1030. You be looking around like, but ain't nobody here. Yep. You ain't going

nowhere. Hello, who's this? This is Corey calling from Muskegon, Michigan. Good morning, guys. Hey, I was stuck in the airport and good morning. I was stuck in Houston on this past sunny night. I was scheduled for a flight out, 645. Tucked around, they delayed my flight.

And then another flight was delayed. And the third flight was, we was getting on at 12 o'clock. The ride to Grand Rapids at 2.45 a.m. Everyone gets on the plane. We wait 15 minutes. Then we're waiting on another crew member. And turn around, they say that the crew members have left. The pilot has gone and everybody's about to off board the plane.

Hey, that's a lot. See, the sad thing about it is really nobody you can blame. Right. Because it's an act of God. Right. It's nature when they have all these rainstorms and thunderstorms. So you can't really blame anybody because FAA is grounding these planes because they want everybody to be safe. But it is. I mean, the fact that, like you said, some people who their flight got delayed Monday won't be able to get back on a plane till Thursday, bro.

And by the way, I don't think people realize how crazy that sounds. When you go to an airport and you're ready to get home and you done checked out of your hotel, like you're done. And they're like, you're not going to get home till Thursday. And you're in a strange city. That's like, what? I'm lost. Right. What am I supposed to do?

I might have been budgeting for this trip. I can't afford another couple of days at the hotel. Right. And the hotel expensive. Then I got to get an Uber back to the hotel.

Then I got to get for food. That's too expensive. Yes, I'm tapped out. So what people have to do is they got to sleep in the damn thing. They got to sleep in the damn airport.

I don't understand too. If you have have to do is they got to sleep in the damn thing. They got to sleep in the damn airport. I don't understand, too. Like, if you have these airports that have hotels close to them, why don't they have some type of deal with neighboring hotels for when things like this happen? Because it's not like it happens all the time. But you know what I mean? When these events do happen, can't y'all house some of these people that are going to be displaced for a couple of days? I really don't think they care unless it's their fault. If it's a plane malfunction or a pilot

not making it or something wrong, then the airline will cover it. But if it's an act of God, you're on your own. They don't care. Even if it's an act of God, there's one airline that should still be coming through for people in that spirit. The spirit of God, the spirit of the Holy Ghost. They got to live up to their name, damn it. Is that the moral of the story?

No, the moral of the story is you are where you are when you're supposed to be there, even if you don't want to be there. Everything is in divine alignment. That's how I had to look at it last night. You know what I mean? That's how I look at things in life, period. But, you know, after a while, you got to stop stressing. You just got to be like, you know what?

I am where I am when I'm supposed to be here, and I'll get back when I'm supposed to get back. All right. Well, when we come back, we got your rumor report. Trina says stop playing with her. She says she's done with y'all. And also, Roseanne Barr, she's spitting some venom. We'll talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club on BET.