Long Pause During Airport Gate Page Suggests Someone’s Name Is About To Be Mangled

Long Pause During Airport Gate Page Suggests Someone’s Name Is About To Be Mangled

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact

A local city worker was running to catch a plane this morning through the Remienko Domestic Terminal 4 this morning when she heard the ‘ding dong’ of the paging system.

She knew it was for her and she knew the long pause before the stewardess tried to say her name meant that the pronunciation was about to be way off.

“Jetstar Flight 45 to Brisbane is paging,” said the hostess.

“Chi… chiv…. Chive,”

“Berga…. Bergamot. Chive Bergamot.

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