Just missed a chance to see my first 737MAX
I saw my first MAX at Vancouver in March 2019. I had just flown from Saigon via Hong Kong and had been offline for a while. I had a few hours to wait for my flight to Calgary, so I found a seat in a quiet gate area and was catching up on the latest PPRuNe posts on the Ethiopian crash.
While I was sitting there, an arriving Air Canada MAX taxied by, so I went to its gate to have a look. I discovered it was operating my flight to Calgary, so not only did I see my first MAX, I had my first and only flight in one. Next morning, TC grounded them!