Lass gets sack as the ‘gate keeper’

YOUNG woman just returned to Toowoomba after a holiday in Hawaii almost missed her flight home.

Planning to avoid such a scenario, our lass and her friend arranged a shuttle bus to get them to the airport three hours before their flight was due to depart.

Wondering from which gate they would be boarding the flight, she scanned the ticket to see their departure was from “Gate 58”.

“We both hung around near that gate for the next few hours, looking in the shops and having some food,” she told Whispers.

“It was only when I noticed the gate wasn’t that busy and boarding time approaching that I realised something was wrong.

“The screen at the airport had our flight listed and while it never said ‘boarding’ it did eventually say ‘final call’.”

Alarm bells rang for the pair when it appeared no-one was hovering around gate 58.

“Looking at the ticket I realised I made an epic mistake as it was actually gate 28, which was in a different terminal,” she said.

“Somehow, after sprinting to the airport shuttle and to the gate, we made it. But just in time.”

So much for turning up early for your flight.

Maid of coins?

KIND uncle is starting to think about sending his niece a bill for parking meter payments.

He was walking past his niece’s office in Hume St when he noticed the meter in front of her vehicle was flashing “expired”.

The would-be meter maid dug into his pocket for some coins which he put in the meter.

He then sent her a text message saying that the phantom meter maid had struck.

Two days later, he again came upon his niece’s car next to which the meter flashing “expired” and again he put in some coins to give her another hour or so grace from the parking inspectors.

About 90 minutes later, he was walking back along Hume St from an appointment and here was the meter in front of the young woman’s car flashing “expired”.

He rectified the situation again but he has been left wondering if his niece is just very forgetful, or due to his generosity she has happened upon a scam.

Friendly pick-up

FAR North Queenslander visiting Toowoomba last weekend couldn’t get over the kindness of the residents.

He was left shaking his head when, at night’s end, his mate made a call and a bloke in a nice car pulled up and drove them home.

“That’s incredible, is he a friend of yours?” the northerner asked his mate.

Apparently, they don’t have the Uber service in Cloncurry.