Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Still Missing... Going to New Zealand Anyways
My bag is still missing. I talked to someone in the travel department today, and she was going to have someone higher up call it in as a priority. Not sure if that actually happened. I made numerous phone calls to them again today. No luck until my most recent when the woman at the call center finally told me that there was a 500-bag pile-up at O'Hare this week, and now they still have 400 left to sort out. That made me feel a little bit better... at least it's not completely lost. And the woman in the travel office told me I could stay in Denver and wait for my bag, or I could fly to Christchurch and wait for it there. I figure I'd rather be stuck in downtown Christchurch than suburbian Denver any day.I did lose it today though. I got back to the hotel this afternoon from an all-day orientation where I learned all kinds of useful information about asbestos, PPE, climbing a ladder, and how to lift a box according to some crazy equation. I walked up the stairs to find some guys ripping out old carpet and putting in new stuff. As soon as I put one foot into my hotel room, I realized that I had stepped in carpet glue. And the guys who were working on it were standing right there!! I called my friend Jen here in Colorado and started crying. I hate crying. I'm not a cryer. But I had had IT! After I got off the phone with her, I walked down to the lobby and asked the front desk to clean my shoe because I couldn't get it clean. They delivered it a half hour later, but I wasn't able to leave the hotel because I have no other shoes because my luggage is not here!
I did go out to dinner with a guy named John who will be working as a Lead Dining Attendant. We've been struggling through orientation all day today, so we decided to treat ourselves to dinner at Claim Jumper, courtesy of our company since they gave us a ton of dough today to cover dinner expenses for the last 3 days. I also got a $100 credit from American Airlines to buy some clothes and toiletries to get through until my bag arrives. We stopped at Kohl's so I could buy some pants, shirts, and socks.
I've been making calls and harassing the airline ever since, and now I'm off to bed because tomorrow we have a half day of orientation and then we are off to New Zealand tomorrow night!!
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oh geez...well, you're one of hundreds of people still missing their bag, at least you're not alone.
Good Luck with Everything Katie!
I hope your bag finds you safely : ) I know the feeling...
Excited to hear updates from down south!