First time we were doing funjet or apple or one of those on a charter and just couldn't go home on Friday, our per day room cost was cheap and there was another flight Monday but during a trip of inquirey to the charter office in Iron Shore I was told we would have to fly stand by and I would need $100.00 cash U.S., what the heck we were in love in Jamaica the risk of standby was on. Arriving at the airport (this was when they would walk you directly from a counter out through those quonson hut type things and you would board front and back stairs from the tarmac) I quickly noticed there were more passengers than seats and as I left my name for standby I mentioned to deaf ears that I had my 100 bucks and I began to wonder if we were going to make this flight. I wandered back over and sat on my suitcase and began to watch as my 10 days in Jamaica mind began to turn,,,,, it seemed that a couple workers were reporting to one person and then those folks would report to another and then those to the guy in the tie that seemed to be the top gun. And as our chances of flying today (and now I did need to go home) seemed to dwindle and nobody from the stand by que was being called it hit me,,,,,,, a hundred bucks,,,,,, so I wrapped my cash into my hand and walked up the man in the tie and reached out and grabbed his hand in a 2 handed handshake and said sir I love your Island but I really need to go home today,,,,, and as I walked back towards my bags my cash stayed with him,,,, moments later we were called and ushered out to seats 1a and 1b on the plane (wasn't first class, these were the old charters that had the front row facing a bulk head from what seemed about a foot away) and as the door closed behind a couple that settled into the last seats on the plane next to us the husband leaned over and said "thank god I was watching you, the staff at the hotel told me I would need a hundred U.S. but nobody told us how to use it". If you love Jamaica let me see your hands,,,,,
