Paris Orly

 This airport doesn't have a great reputation anyway , but circumstances led me to having to find out for myself !
I had an urgent but complicated journey to make involving lots of changes because things didn't match up (do they ever?), so I ended up getting off a bus outside of Paris Orly departures , the right one of course , here is another spot where I was supposed to spread my wings and fly , getting from the bus stop to the handicap check in desk .
I had pre booked airport assistance via my flight provider which is the normal procedure , so I managed to hobble to the disabled passengers desk , in pain by this time , presented myself and my tickets and asked about my assistance , the seated assistant fluttered away at the computer keyboard then stated that I was not on the computer and so they couldn't help me ! 'So what am I supposed to do ? ' said I,  'you will have to go and check in at the airline companies desk' said she , 'where is that ? ' said I 'In the next hall about 500 meters down that way' said she , 'How am I supposed to get there?' said I,This was met with a typical Gallic shrug , Paris is a hard place and what part of 'needing assistance' do they not understand ?

So I spread my invisible wings and flew ! Really ?

I was riled up and infuriated at this point and I had to do something to change the situation .I looked around , are there any people that look like management superiors in the near vicinity, well it was hard to say , there was some security , and lots of people toing and froing in uniform , so what the heck I sallied forth in my own wobbly way , determined to make a right pain in the arse of myself and sort something out .
I hobbled out and confronted anyone and everyone in a uniform that  I could grab,
'excuse me , can you help , I need assistance ,I booked assistance , but they are saying they can't help me , do you have a superior , can I speak to them ?' 
I keep looking behind me at the assistance desk to check the cringe factor , sure enough they are starting to look embarrassed and the desk lady is trying to be invisible , I maintained my shocking behavior for a while longer and YES finally one of the wheelchair assistants cracked and came over to say he would take me , bravo and thankyou .
This is a type of situation that occurs often , the gulf between drop off and bus/taxi stops and the location of disabled assistance points , plus check ins etc , there is always a challenge to negotiate !






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