Hi Kath!!
Sorry to hear about your horrible experience..I can definitely relate..the exact thing happened to me a few weeks ago when I needed to take SuperShuttle to the airport for an early morning flight...
I get a call , an automated message at 5:15 am saying that my shuttle will be there in 10 mins..so I'm all ready, and waiting.
2 mins later, the phone rings again - another automated message - saying that the shuttle is waiting outside for me...so I go outside...wait 10 mins, then come back in - get the landline to call them and see where they are...they say they're 1.5 miles away, this is at 5:30ish.
At 5:40 it still hasn't come, I call again..am outside..calling again...now the operator pages the driver and the driver says he's 1 mile away.
5:45 - still not there...I call a 3rd time.. same story..the driver will be there soon, he's under 1 mile away. Keep in mind, I have the phone in my hand and I'm outside waiting.
5:55 - still not there!!!! I call a 4th time..this time the operator puts me onto a supervisor who advises me that the driver couldn't find our place, tried calling me several times and left.
I went ballistic and crazy...I said "I am going to miss my flight..get a driver to me now, I dont care what it takes, I have paid already..it is not good enough that he couldnt find me and left..and obviously some lying is going on..because I have been outside with the phone in my hands the whole time, and it hasn't been ringing at all..I'll tell you what happened, your driver looked probably for 5-10 mins, got lazy and left. You can't do this to people..I am going to miss my flight, I have relied on you to provide a service..and you CANNOT let me down like this, I have paid already.I want a refund!!!"
Her (the supervisor's) response "Sorry Ma'am, there are no available drivers, I suggest you get a cab, and yes..you will get a refund" So..I did get a refund in the end..but I agree with you Kath..the thing that pissed me off the most was that they didn't give a ######...it was "my problem" not theirs..anyway..lesson learned; always have a backup.
Am slowly settling into NYC life...very fast paced..but it's really exciting and great...my mom's friend from high school runs her own ad/marketing agency here and offered me an internship..which will be an amazing opportunity for me!!
Congrats on your license Kath and the job..both awesome news. I filed my AOS on July 30th...suck that I had to pay $1020 ...but if I had filed earlier I would have only had to pay $580..so that was really shitty!! I had no choice really...the doc was taking ages to get my TB Skin test results- still think that is outrageous..considering we already paid for a TB chest x-ray in Australia!! I am getting a bit worried..cos the USCIS still hasn't cashed our check and we filed nearly 2 wks ago...wondering why this is? I tracked down the package and it was delivered..just wondering why they're taking so long! Any input is welcome!
PHEW! That's enough from me!! Hope you're all well!!
QUOTE(Kath @ Aug 10 2007, 01:47 AM)
hi ya all
sorry to hear ya not well loke...probably the different altitude your in now that you caught some bug ... hope it gets better for you mate..hate being sick...but you have to sleep to get well also mate so if your tired just sleep your body needs it ...
hi ya pris how you going mate.. hanging in there...is it getting any warmer for you there...i still that image of you walking to work all rugged up lol
ohhh that bacon ... now ya know what i have been compalining about.. and the american bacon is alot more fatty and streaky lol...i took a similar photo for my daughter cos she coudlnt understand what i was complaining about first thing she said was where is the bacon lol....and i took photo's before i left oz cos the american friends coudlnt understand how wonderful our bacon was they were like wow that looks nice lol
sharyna..get your fiance to ring the drivers place cos im thinking that you might have to pass the learners test then you can drive on your aussie licence for 30 days.. but it all depends on the state mate...get ya fiance to ring up only way really to find out unless you go on the website to look but then you might not get the answer...
work is going well.. i went on the registers for the first time on tuesday went well pretty much the same as oz but they use coupons and they process the cheques themselves at the registers...ohhhh by the way.. if you do get a job or go out to the mall by yourself and your relying on public transport or a cab..
A) make sure your bus does go passed to pick you up at the time told by the bus company..
if your ordering a cab...ask someone who is the best cab company in your town...
now the reason for the above hints is this is what happened to me on monday...
my shift ended at 6.30pm...i asked to start early an finish early to catch the bus at 6.35pm..
i rang the bus company on monday explained where i wanted to go and where i would be catching it from
she told me the time but failed to tell me that the bus runs along jackman ave .. i was sitting at the bus stop on the corner of jackman and alexis where it will run along alexis..needless to say i was cheesed off no other buses for the rest of the night .. i sat there waiting just in case till 7.15pm
at that time i walk back over the road to work.. looked up a cab in the phone book... i booked in a cab she said to me i will try (bells should of rang at that statement)...
8.20pm i rang again a bloke said another half an hour...
i was getting quite distressed...rang back at 9.35pm and was practically called a liar because he reckons he didnt have a booking for alexis...he said to me why have you been waiting 2 hours i said to get home its the only way i can get home....with that steamy conversation i decided to start walking home...
i walked for about 20mins and there comes my husband (and me thinking oh robbie please come and find me not home ) he turned the corner and first thing he shouts is you ok.. he pulled in the car park near the intersection i got in and i just spilled me guts about what happened.. it took me ages after we got home to settle down...
so please either have a contact number of a friend that could pick you up .. or get the number prior of a good reliable cab company and learn from my experience...at the moment im writing a letter to the company involved i know it will do no good but they need to be told off..what really got me was he couldnt give a shiet about what had happened to me he just kept stating he is backedup tonight.. nothing about ohh sorry to hear that m'am will get there immediately..nothing
hi to all that i hadnt mentioned...keep ya chins up
kath
and I got all happy when I saw it, but at least it wasn't an RFE... bright side I guess... And I guess having 2 approval notices can never be a bad thing lol.
I'm looking to hear about forums or websites or recipe pages or just about anything interesting!
She was like well you can come back if you change your name. 
I haven't been back since. Some people were nice but how I was treated was a bit much to me.
Moonchild doesn't believe me that roundabouts are much more efficient at keeping traffic flowing
