i'm stuck on a carousel that won't go round

For those that remembered my last trip to Toronto (see December 29, 2006
post) this all may seem familiar.

Another holiday, another trip to Toronto. I hate air travel. The flight
itself was not too bad today, actually saw the movie "The Queen" and it was
brilliant. Helen Mirren deserves all the awards she's been winning. Anyways,
back on to the story.

The flight was relatively uneventful, and the parental unit and I had
confirmed we would go back to the old system of calling once I was off the
plane for them to come get me. We land, we get to the gate, I get off the
plane and call Mom, "come get me, I've landed". Forty-five minutes later I
finally make it outside to hop into the van.

Once again it was the bag. First off they were already a flight behind on
our carousel. Teasingly the carousel went round and round with bags on it
for 10 minutes. Then it stopped. Ten minutes later, it starts and look it's
Saskatoon bags, about five bags come off and the carousel stops. It was
jammed, again. My God, I'm beginning to think it's me. About 20 minutes
later it finally starts working again.

What I particularly love is the complete lack of announcements. Our flight
was removed from the list on the carousel and replaced by others. Should we
switch? No, it must be on some clock that removes it once the bags should
have been off. No announcement. Once it was jammed, no annoucement to let us
know it's broken, and that they are trying to fix it. I had to go ask, and
am afraid I dropped the f-bomb.

My parents spent 25 minutes circling at the airport, so none of us were in a
great mood at this point. Thank goodness for Swiss Chalet. A quick trip
there and all was right in the world.