Well, I’m back in Virginia after a late flight seemed on the verge of turning into a red-eye.
So my first Boo is for Southwest. I’m not at all mad that the trip to Portland involved 5 flights and 6 airports; the weather couldn’t be helped. I’m not even so much mad that the 2nd leg of my flight yesterday, which departed from Vegas, was delayed by over two hours (safety first, you know). But I am mad that when we landed in Chicago we were informed, contrary to the prior plan, that we had to switch planes, and that there was of course no reason to worry about our luggage. You can see where this is going. None of the people who flew from Vegas to Midway to Dulles got their bags. And I’m still waiting. I should also add that we had to wait 2 full days in Portland to get our bags. [Update: got the bags around 5PM, my bags anyway. Rachel's are yet to be found.]
My 2nd Boo is for FedEx. I was expecting a package in Portland. It arrived somewhere in Portland on Monday the 23rd. It apparently sat motionless for 7 full days.
My 3rd Boo is for UPS. UPS was also have shipping problems. I guess this is not unexpected given the horrible, horrible road conditions in Portland. However, by the end of the week at least the mail was running. Plus just about every yahoo with chains was about to locomote. On the upside, UPS gets some credit over FedEx for providing more timely updates on the status of the package’s delivery process. On the downside, the updates frequently consisted of “today’s not looking too good, either” (maybe that’s not exactly how they said it).
