So I thought today was gonna be the day Northwest might actually do something right.  We actually took off from Omaha 15 minutes early and landed in Detroit a little early...But then Northwest style kicked in.  We sat, without explanation, about 30 feet from the gate for about 10 minutes, which then we would have been on time, but then we pulled up to the gate and waited another 20 minutes, because there was no gate agent to open the freaking plane door.  So alas, I started to run across the airport to make my next connection, because the initial signs I saw said it was on time and I only had about 15 minutes till boarding, but then I checked the signs once I got near the gate, and bam, delayed till 6:20 PM, an hour late, or thats what it says right now, the other night 6:30 turned into 10 PM, so only time will tell if I'll actually make it to Baltimore at a reasonable hour.  Now off to find a Northwest "Customer Service" counter to try and get some damn compensation for all this wasted time.