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Originally Posted by nay,kid  the wrist bands work great for sea sickness my local dive shop sells them. they have a little button that presses on a pressure point on your wrist. |
This reminds me of a helicopter ride my wife and I took on Kauai. The pilot was the island's most experienced rescue pilot, with a perfect record, and thus the only one we we would trust. You can only get bookings for this guy months in advance, he is the only pilot for his company, and it was our honeymoon. We were really excited to go on our first helicopter trip, especially since it was over Kauai. I got to fly shotgun, which was really neat in the small helicopter with the glass bottom in front.
The wife of the couple that flew with us had a motion sickness band, and one third through the flight she started complaining. The pilot, who flew as smooth as butter, indicated that he would continue by flying even more smoothly that he had already. She said she was getting sick
, and insisted that we return (instead of using the supplied air sickness bags). The pilot warned that if we turned back, that would be the end of the trip since there was not enough time (and fuel?) to go back and return again. She again insisted, so we all went back to the pad. Without saying a word (such as "We're really sorry for this.", or "Perhaps we shouldn't have gone up in the first place.") , the couple quickly left and we never saw them again.
My wife and I were really disappointed, and the helicopter company couldn't have been nicer, but they were booked solid and had no cancellation slots to offer.
