Damn airlines!!!

blyons200

blyons200

These pretzels are making me thirsty.
I just got in to Spokane for work this week. Brand new customer, big possible contract, I mean big in the possible million dollar range. I was supposed to be here at 11, got here at 2 AM, not to big a deal, I can live short on sleep. But on top of that, they lost my Fing luggage!, All my good clothes, all my shaving cream, razors, everything. Right now I'm just wearing a T-shirt and jeans. I can't go in to a new customer in the same scuzzy clothes I wore all day today. The airlines sais maybe I can get it by 11am, if they can find it. I think my company will have to come up with a white lie so I can come in Tuesday instead of today. Not good, not good at all.:mad:
 
I'm on my way to Dulles right now. Booked tickets to the wrong damned airport. I was thinking Dulles was Reagan now I have to drive an hour.
 
Is this your first time traveling on business? I'm sorry that you lost your luggage but you did some piss-poor planning. IF you can't get away with packing everything in a carry-on (I only use a carry-on if it is a simple M-F trip) then you should ALWAYS wear clothes that you can wear to the office or pack a set in your carry-on. This should be a no-brainer!
 
Delay the meeting a couple of hours and run out and buy some new duds.
Blame the airline. The client will feel your pain and you'll have some good icebreaker chit chat.
 
HecticArt said:
Delay the meeting a couple of hours and run out and buy some new duds.
Blame the airline. The client will feel your pain and you'll have some good icebreaker chit chat.
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What he said. I'm sure there's a Men's Wearhouse in Spokane.

But also like Biaviian posted, screw checking in baggage. Start thinking about doing the carry-on instead of paying the ridiculous prices the airlines charge for checking in your baggage.
 
Run out and buy the cheapest, loudest tie/sports coat/golf pants combo you can find. Tell them the airline lost your luggage. They'll remember you. There is no bad publicity.
 
I hear there's a great music video on you tube called "United Breaks Guitars". It's a great rant on the airlines and their attitude.
 
memebag said:
Run out and buy the cheapest, loudest tie/sports coat/golf pants combo you can find. Tell them the airline lost your luggage. They'll remember you. There is no bad publicity.
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Now that's funny and a good idea. :)
 
I ended up wearing the same clothes I wore yesterday. it's not the type of job where I need a suit, but a nice collared shirt and belt is more acceptable. The guys on site got a good laugh about airlines crap. This is an engineering job right now. I wanted to leave a good impression, I think I did anyhow. Tommorrow I'm going to another site and got my stuff so I can be presentable. There is still a second half of the job where I will be installing and testing the equipment that I am planning on this job. That is when the impression really counts. So proper planning on my part will lead to a smooth job, which will lead to a lot more work. I'm sort of a jack of all trades, from blue collar istallation work, to white collar engineering and testing.

I think it's all good.:cool:
 
Evil_Ernie said:
What he said. I'm sure there's a Men's Wearhouse in Spokane.

But also like Biaviian posted, screw checking in baggage. Start thinking about doing the carry-on instead of paying the ridiculous prices the airlines charge for checking in your baggage.
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I usually have too much crap to not check. Though I could of gotten away with it this time. Just so used to checking I didn't even think about it. I've had pretty good luck for the most part, but this one not so much. I like having to just stick my laptop under the seat and going. Instead of looking for a spot for my carrry on and hitting half the people on the plane with it while I try to get it through. And if the flights full and I'm in a late boarding group, I have to check it anyway.
 
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