gopherit
I'm not in the book, you know.
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I have been calling day-by-day to get my HHI ressies all set for Aug (recall the Chicken-Butt be darned threads...) Except... on Wed (when I should have called to get our night for Thurs Aug 11 added on), I suddenly had 3 major mtgs at work, plus DS#1 was feeling ill (pick him up), I tried MS in the afternoon and was waiting for a few minutes but then had to bail, and then I had to return to work to finish undone business... just one thing after another and in short, I dropped the ball, didn't get the night of the 11th added on. The next day (Thurs) DS was truly ill with strep throat. I spent better part of day getting him attended to, then prescriptions filled, etc. I remembered in horror at 7:05 pm as I was baking brownies for other son's Cub pack that -- yikes -- I hadn't secured the last 2 days of our summer trip. I fretted about it, but knew there wasn't anything I could do about it until the a.m. anyway, and consoled myself over a brownie that, after all, I had zero problem getting Sun-Wed in a 2BR, so surely Thurs and Fri night, especially Fri nt with the higher pts, wouldn't be an issue. RIght? Riiiiiiight.
So now for today. I called right at opening, eager to get it all resolved. The CM (never did get her name) took my info, etc., discussed my pts status, went to confirm it and -- uh oh. Those two nasty little syllables clearly escaped her lips. Uh oh? What "uh-oh"? Noo! No "Uh-Ohs" allowed!
"Hmmm", she says, with keys click-clicking in the background,"Looks like inventory is unavailable for the night of Thursday the 11th."
THe Friday night was actually fine... only the 11th was unavailable. Well there's irony for ya -- of all the nights we COULDN'T get, did it have to be the exact night of our anniversary? This is so bizarre it almost smacks of sabbotage! Hmmmmmm -- I wonder ---- by any chance did a nervous, hurricane-phobic, non-pts savvy man named "Rich" call MS today and tell them to somehow sink my plans?
The CM said she was sorry that the one night wasn't available. I responded that it certainly wasn't her fault -- I had let myself get too tied up and hadn't "made the call" when I should have. Oh well, I jokingly told her, maybe DH was right, maybe a hurricane IS headed for HHI, perhaps right smack dab on our anniversary! If we can experience Charley at WDW for the week of our 14th, who knows what we might get at HHI for our 15th, right? SHe laughed commiseratingly and said, "Ohhh, you'll be celebrating your anniversary? WHich day?" "The eleventh, of course! The one day we'll be "homeless" so to speak! Oh well!" She then agreed that was pretty bad, and offered me the waitlist option. Since I had decided to go ahead and book the Fri night (figured I'd get what I can while I can), she neededto at least confirm that and set up my confirmation and, if I so desired, wait-list for the 11th, so she put me on hold. And I waited.
(interject "Miraclessssss from Moleculessssss!" for next 2 minutes)
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"Umm, Ma'am, I'm sorry to keep you waiting but I'm still working on these confirmations, can you still hold?"
"Of course", I said, although by now, I was trapped outside the gate of the chemical plant at which I work, wherein cell phones are not allowed. Couldn't hang up, couldn't go in, and baby it's cold outside.
(interject 4 minutes of "Grim grinning ghosts" and "Pretty Good Sho' as You're Born") <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZSzeb04242US' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12_1_39.gif' alt='Keyboard' border=0></a>
I am waiting, and somehow still can't get "Miraclesssss from Moleculessss! off my mind. MAybe that's because I'm still stuck outside the gate at work, and thinking I need to be in the lab NOW, making my own miracles from molecules happen so I can remain gainfully employed. My car is looking more attractive... I debate briefly on returning to it but remain in gate-limbo instead, hopeful the call will end BEFORE the Muzak brings the "Miracles" song back again.
"Still there?" she says, breaking my state of arctic unconsciousness. "Ok, I think I have it all ready for you."
I'm thinking well by golly I hope so... wonder if my frozen digits can manage to record the confirmation numbers now? I thanked her and primed myself for an attempt at writing.
"And by the way" she happily adds, "I was able to get ALL the nights for you, including the 11th." She then explained something about how she found something in the system, somewhere, and did something to something that somehow worked -- as you can see, all of those details escaped me. She had me at "hello", as the saying goes!
I thanked her profusely and jotted down my confirmation number. I was either so cold or so excited or both, that I regrettably never did catch her name. Realized that fact the instant I hit "disconnect" on my phone and was so sorry not to have written it down. The pixie dust got poured on me today and I'd really like to thank the Fairy responsible by name!
But in any case, DH if you were responsible for attempted trip-ruination, you have failed! I'll say it again and this time with a ressie #: Chicken-Butt be darned and HHI here we come -- and add a hearty thank you thank you thank you, you wonderful MS CM, whoever you are!
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So now for today. I called right at opening, eager to get it all resolved. The CM (never did get her name) took my info, etc., discussed my pts status, went to confirm it and -- uh oh. Those two nasty little syllables clearly escaped her lips. Uh oh? What "uh-oh"? Noo! No "Uh-Ohs" allowed!
"Hmmm", she says, with keys click-clicking in the background,"Looks like inventory is unavailable for the night of Thursday the 11th."
THe Friday night was actually fine... only the 11th was unavailable. Well there's irony for ya -- of all the nights we COULDN'T get, did it have to be the exact night of our anniversary? This is so bizarre it almost smacks of sabbotage! Hmmmmmm -- I wonder ---- by any chance did a nervous, hurricane-phobic, non-pts savvy man named "Rich" call MS today and tell them to somehow sink my plans?
The CM said she was sorry that the one night wasn't available. I responded that it certainly wasn't her fault -- I had let myself get too tied up and hadn't "made the call" when I should have. Oh well, I jokingly told her, maybe DH was right, maybe a hurricane IS headed for HHI, perhaps right smack dab on our anniversary! If we can experience Charley at WDW for the week of our 14th, who knows what we might get at HHI for our 15th, right? SHe laughed commiseratingly and said, "Ohhh, you'll be celebrating your anniversary? WHich day?" "The eleventh, of course! The one day we'll be "homeless" so to speak! Oh well!" She then agreed that was pretty bad, and offered me the waitlist option. Since I had decided to go ahead and book the Fri night (figured I'd get what I can while I can), she neededto at least confirm that and set up my confirmation and, if I so desired, wait-list for the 11th, so she put me on hold. And I waited.
(interject "Miraclessssss from Moleculessssss!" for next 2 minutes)
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"Umm, Ma'am, I'm sorry to keep you waiting but I'm still working on these confirmations, can you still hold?"
"Of course", I said, although by now, I was trapped outside the gate of the chemical plant at which I work, wherein cell phones are not allowed. Couldn't hang up, couldn't go in, and baby it's cold outside.
(interject 4 minutes of "Grim grinning ghosts" and "Pretty Good Sho' as You're Born") <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZSzeb04242US' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/12_1_39.gif' alt='Keyboard' border=0></a>
I am waiting, and somehow still can't get "Miraclesssss from Moleculessss! off my mind. MAybe that's because I'm still stuck outside the gate at work, and thinking I need to be in the lab NOW, making my own miracles from molecules happen so I can remain gainfully employed. My car is looking more attractive... I debate briefly on returning to it but remain in gate-limbo instead, hopeful the call will end BEFORE the Muzak brings the "Miracles" song back again.
"Still there?" she says, breaking my state of arctic unconsciousness. "Ok, I think I have it all ready for you."
I'm thinking well by golly I hope so... wonder if my frozen digits can manage to record the confirmation numbers now? I thanked her and primed myself for an attempt at writing.
"And by the way" she happily adds, "I was able to get ALL the nights for you, including the 11th." She then explained something about how she found something in the system, somewhere, and did something to something that somehow worked -- as you can see, all of those details escaped me. She had me at "hello", as the saying goes!
I thanked her profusely and jotted down my confirmation number. I was either so cold or so excited or both, that I regrettably never did catch her name. Realized that fact the instant I hit "disconnect" on my phone and was so sorry not to have written it down. The pixie dust got poured on me today and I'd really like to thank the Fairy responsible by name!
But in any case, DH if you were responsible for attempted trip-ruination, you have failed! I'll say it again and this time with a ressie #: Chicken-Butt be darned and HHI here we come -- and add a hearty thank you thank you thank you, you wonderful MS CM, whoever you are!
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