And I can’t remember a time when I’ve been more utterly disappointed about something.
Quick rundown - 5 pm flight out of Richmond, Virginia only to be diverted to Charlotte, North Carolina because Atlanta was shut down due to weather. We left Charlotte (but never the plane) around 11:30 pm to arrive here in Atlanta at 12:30 - my flight to San Francisco left before I arrived. 7.5 hours on a plane, and nowhere near where I wanted or needed to be.
I was so looking forward to this conference - to meeting people for the first time and others for the second or third - and sitting on the panel on Thursday, but I couldn’t guarantee that I would make it to the West Coast before 4pm on Thursday - only to return home on a 1pm flight on Friday.
Back to real estate (and home later this morning).
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Jay Thompson 07.23.08 at 2:33 am
Jim, this just utterly and completely sucks. You will be missed greatly.
Dustin 07.23.08 at 2:36 am
Totally sucks! So sorry to hear!
Derek Burress 07.23.08 at 4:55 am
You are lucky to be have made it to Charlotte as most of Eastern North Carolina was under the clouds fighting off tornadoes.
Julie Emery 07.23.08 at 6:17 am
Jim,
So sorry about your lousy day! Seems like you had the worst of both, no Inman, no VLA and, on top of it got to spend a day traveling with the airlines (ugh) to get to a place you never wanted to be.
Hope today is much, much better!
Sean Tubbs 07.23.08 at 2:47 pm
What happens with the tickets in a situation like this? Do you get a refund, or are you just out of cash? I can’t believe they’d keep you on a plane for seven hours. Makes yesterday’s 10 hour planning commission meeting seem like a cakewalk!
michael guthrie 07.23.08 at 5:20 pm
I have been there and done that. Never fun and totally frustrating. Your insights and expertise will be missed by those who attend that panel discussion.