Tweed International Airport in New Haven, Connecticut is the airport where “Wings” was filmed. When I fly into that airport – I look for Crystal Bernard. There isn’t so much a terminal as there is a living room. The universal reaction to my travel itinerary is always “Tweed?? That’s still open?” Comforting. Baggage claim? Honest-to-god…they slide open what looks like a garage door and Tom Poston throws the bags across the threshold. I love it – I act like I’m on a chartered plane.
I arrived at good old Tweed International airport on Tuesday night to discover I had forgotten to make a car rental reservation (or I made it for the wrong airport or the wrong day or who knows…) Now, the car rental counters in the Tweed International Airport are just that…car rental counters. Avis & Hertz basically share a cubicle (I’ve seen call center operators with more space). And the Budget Car Rental person? That’s the Avis guy when he puts on a different ballcap. The entire New Haven rental car fleet must total like, 25 vehicles.
After Skippy at Avis/Budget determines that he is completely out of cars (seriously? in New Haven?), he leans back in his chair toward the lady at the “Hertz counter” and says “Miss Sally, do you have any cars?” Miss Sally?!?!? Does your kindergarten teacher work at the competition? Well….Miss Sally opens a drawer in her counter…looks into it…and says…”just one”. Ummmmm…no need to check a computer or anything, Miss Sally? Whatta am I? Renting Miss Sally’s personal Toyota Corolla?
After finally entering SOMETHING into the computer, Miss Sally then asks me when I am going to return my spiffy little Toyota Corolla. I did NOT have the heart to tell her I was returning it to Boston (next thing you know – they're down to twenty four cars in the fleet). I was afraid she wouldn’t give me the car! So I lied. “Um – back to you on Thursday afternoon, Miss Sally.”
And THAT is probably where my bad car karma originated (tune in tomorrow…)
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Does Miss Rita know you have a thing for Crystal Bernard?
You know what they say -
"If you are looking for Crystal Bernard, and you are looking where Crystal Bernard should be, and you look and you look but you cannot find Crystal Bernard...then _you_ are Crystal Bernard."
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