Comments on: A flight delay isn’t an emergency, but you should fund one anyway http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/05/a-flight-delay-isn%e2%80%99t-an-emergency-but-you-should-fund-one-anyway/ A Conversation About Income, Wealth, and the Steps in Between Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:08:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/05/a-flight-delay-isn%e2%80%99t-an-emergency-but-you-should-fund-one-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-7340 Jeremy Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:59:32 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=194#comment-7340 I just had a similar experience in which my flight was delayed because of weather both off the plane and on the plane. the delay wasn't as aggravating as how some people in the airport handled it and it may be blog about. But when considering airline delays I have to admit it's not only a great inconvenience but it is also something that is totally out of our control. My wife uses the phrase problem ownership indicating that if it's a problem we can't control we have no right owning it. I think flight delays or a similar issue, but I appreciated your tying it into our financial responsibilities in our own lives. Sometimes it's the small things that pop up unavoidably in our finances that create in us the biggest heartburn because they are just that "unexpected." Maybe it's time we looked at these as we would look at a weather delay in an airport. It's just a fact of life, let's get over it and move on. Great post! I just had a similar experience in which my flight was delayed because of weather both off the plane and on the plane. the delay wasn’t as aggravating as how some people in the airport handled it and it may be blog about. But when considering airline delays I have to admit it’s not only a great inconvenience but it is also something that is totally out of our control.

My wife uses the phrase problem ownership indicating that if it’s a problem we can’t control we have no right owning it. I think flight delays or a similar issue, but I appreciated your tying it into our financial responsibilities in our own lives.

Sometimes it’s the small things that pop up unavoidably in our finances that create in us the biggest heartburn because they are just that “unexpected.” Maybe it’s time we looked at these as we would look at a weather delay in an airport. It’s just a fact of life, let’s get over it and move on.

Great post!

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