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Flight Delayed
Great…my flight is delayed and I am now stuck in the airport’s shoddy
waiting lounge with sofas torn and tattered, and cushions more solid
than steel. What a scenario! One word? Hell. No, actually, this is worse.
Dozens of bloodthirsty mosquitoes buzz around my ears, determined to
draw out my blood.
I take out my phone to call my parents but find that the battery…is
dead. Since I forgot to bring a power bank, I rummage around my
messy rucksack and retrieve my charger, following which I search for a
charging port. I find a suspicious looking square with charging ports
that look more like they’ll damage my phone than charge it. I insert my
charger and…find out the port doesn’t work. I try to take it out, but…it’s
stuck. I pull it hard, struggling with the charger. Finally, it comes off…
with half a head missing. My only charger—I HATE THIS PLACE!
Grumbling and cursing, I get up from next to the charging port, with a
piece of my charger currently grinning down at me from it. As I get up,
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