Zeno's British Airways Baggage Paradox
I remember being fascinated with Zeno's Paradox as a kid. The version I heard had to do with never getting someplace because you always had to get half-way there first (and then half-way of the remaining difference, and so on). The idea was that motion and getting someplace is an illusion. And so it seemed with our baggage from British Airways on my current trip to India. We had heard about the Terminal Five woes a month back, and thought they were solved. Unfortunately, solutions are an illusion. We were scheduled to go from San Francisco to Heathrow (London, UK) and then to Chennai, and then to Madurai. But, flight delays on leaving SFO meant that we wouldn't made our connection. Although the front desk agent missed this boat, the staff in the club caught it, rebooked us through Bangalore and retagged our bags before the plane took off. So far so good. But, when we arrived in Bangalore to collect our bags, they were missing. The Bangalore staff had a sign up asking for...