SmileyEagle's post about all the sightings he had during what was a great vacation despite abundant suckiness has inspired me to start this thread.
A few examples of things that "ruined" the vacations of some of VRS's special brand of EWs:
Having to wait in a line to check in.
Having to pay the outstanding balance before checking in.
Not allowed to use a coupon that expired weeks earlier.
Not allowed to check in a day early for free
Bike delivery was late
Not allowed a free upgrade after booking the wrong date because Dave "should have known" what dates they'd meant to book for. (This one is my favorite)
So I wanna hear some horror stories about things that have gone wrong on your vacations that did NOT ruin it.
I'll go first since I started this thread:
The owner of Jokeaday.com (R.I.P. [the site, not the owner]) used to throw a weekend party/barbeque for his subscribers each summer in Tennesee . One year, my buddy Dan and I planned to attend and make a road trip out of it.
The week before we left, I got my car and my left ankle totalled in an accident, but we decide to make the trip anyway. We borrowed a POS 25-year-old pickup truck that probably wasn't road legal, with no AC, no CD player, power nothing and a transmission on it's last legs. Dan proved hopelessly inept at driving a stick so I wound up driving 1500+ miles working a clutch with a freshly broken ankle.
And we had a blast!
A few examples of things that "ruined" the vacations of some of VRS's special brand of EWs:
Having to wait in a line to check in.
Having to pay the outstanding balance before checking in.
Not allowed to use a coupon that expired weeks earlier.
Not allowed to check in a day early for free
Bike delivery was late
Not allowed a free upgrade after booking the wrong date because Dave "should have known" what dates they'd meant to book for. (This one is my favorite)
So I wanna hear some horror stories about things that have gone wrong on your vacations that did NOT ruin it.
I'll go first since I started this thread:
The owner of Jokeaday.com (R.I.P. [the site, not the owner]) used to throw a weekend party/barbeque for his subscribers each summer in Tennesee . One year, my buddy Dan and I planned to attend and make a road trip out of it.
The week before we left, I got my car and my left ankle totalled in an accident, but we decide to make the trip anyway. We borrowed a POS 25-year-old pickup truck that probably wasn't road legal, with no AC, no CD player, power nothing and a transmission on it's last legs. Dan proved hopelessly inept at driving a stick so I wound up driving 1500+ miles working a clutch with a freshly broken ankle.
And we had a blast!
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