How did a 2hr layover in Japan turn into a 6hr layover, a trip to the hospital and 10,863 Yen!?!?
Like seriously, I'm so glad that I've experienced so many of life's curve balls because if not I would be a sad case of miserable.
Ok so I had it all planned out. My itinerary was set for a 2hr flight to Tokoyo from Seoul. A 1hr layover there. A 14hr flight to Detroit, a 2hr layover there and a 2hr flight to my Ca-ro-lina world!! However, plans were slightly altered.
A 14hr flight is not a cake walk so I decided to take a sleeping pill to pass the time. As as soon as I hopped on my flight to Japan I popped my pill. TO EXCITED. I figured I'd take the pill, eat a sandwich and by the time the aid set in I'd be good and could sleep...bad idea. I should have ate the sandwich first and then took the pill.
"R u ok"...."Ma'am...ma'am" OMG! All I remember is taking the last bite of my sandwich and immediately throwing it right-back-up! TWICE! I couldn't keep my eye's open to see what was going on and far from able to formulate a competent sentence to explain why I was zoned! Slobber running down my chin, mouth dryer then the Sahara, my hand felt like a thousand pounds, I was G-O-N-E!
NEEDLESS TO SAY....SWINE FLU SCARE AT IT'S HIGHT!!"R u ok" asked the petite Japanese women next to me. After no response she was over and out!!
"Ma'am....ma'am" the flight attendant repeated. One dreamy look from me and she was on the announcer telling everyone
"ladies and gentlemen this flight will be delayed, we are flying over water and there is no where to stop, we have to remove the sick passenger from the plane immediately"
....WHAT?! If I didn't hear anything else I heard that! "I ain't gowin nahh wher" I said to her when she returned with the Japanese paramedics waiting at the emergency exit.
"Ma'am, you don't have a choice." No longer able to flight it, lol
I took the walk of shame to the back of the plane.
Once I got into the ambulance, I was able to push out the words! "IM FINE, SLEEPING PILL" I was horrified. No, yall seriously, I thought the Japanese were going to steal me and run test on me. I really thought it was the end for me!
After back and forth conversation and translation, I was in the hospital on a stretcher. Now if you have ever heard the Japanese converse, you know I was not havin- it! They do this "hite-hite" thing in between every other word. Like someone is about to go off! So after about two hours of pushing my stomach, checking my vitals and "hite-hite", they decided it wasn't SWINE FLU! My pill begins to wear off and I'm able to sit up and explain, "I'm fine, I just took a pill on an empty stomach"...."where is my luggage" <panic set in>I finally realized I was left behind and not where I was suppose to be! "Tifini, u hav 2 pay bill-"....!?!?!?what?!?!.../insert confused face here/..."We hav nu flight 4 u but hav 2 pay bill first"....?!?!?what?!?!?
Can someone please explain to me why I-did-not-even-ask to be removed from the plane , tortured lol and billed. Ok so whatever, at this point I'm ready to get home! She showed me a bill for 10,863 Yen...hummm that doesn't seem bad seeing that 10,000 Won is about 10.00 dollars...well....let's just say I fooled myself. We got to the exchange booth and she told me 115.00 DOLLARS....Oh hheeellll No...i aint payin...sorry! "Tifini no leave till pay bill".....dang, can't yall just bill me later or something.....silence.............more silence......"ok-ok-ok-ok-ok" I quickly gave in to their come up because I was so over it!
So there you have it! My slightly altered journey back to my Carolina world. lol But I'm grateful to have made it here alive without the SWINE FLU!
