Plans Canceled
by Michael B. Druxman on 03/16/11
March 17, 2011
Yesterday has got to have been one of the 4-5 worst days of my life.
I was supposed to appear at the Festival of the West this week and weekend.
We arrived at the Austin airport about 2 hours ahead of our flight to Scottsdale, only to learn that the flight had been delayed 5 hours.
So, I called Rollie Stevens, who is putting on the event, told him of the delay and he told me to call him when I had a new flight time, so that he could have my wife and I picked up at the airport and taken to our hotel, which was being paid for by the event.
It is not fun sitting in an airport for 6 hours waiting for a flight...even if the airline is giving us $400.00 in vouchers because of the inconvenience.
So, after 6 hours, we were informed of the new flight time and I called Rollie Stevens.
Guess what?
His mail box was filled and I could not leave a message as to when our flight would arrive.
So, I called the hotel where I thought we'd been booked into and they did not have a reservation for me.
I may very well have been booked into another hotel, but I was not about to fly to Arizona not knowing if somebody was going to pick me up or where I would be staying.
At that point, I said, "F**k it!"
I was exhausted. I was angry. And, I'm too old for this s**t!
So, I came home...and if I never fly again, that's soon enough for me.
You have a creative day, and I'm going to calm down.
Michael
