At the risk of sounding petty and materialistic, I want my stuff back! It's not so much the things themselves that I miss, I suppose. It's more the process of it, the rightful order of things. You pack, you go on the trip, you fly home, you unpack. If you can't do the last step it's almost like you are still on the trip, except you aren't, because clearly you're back. I need closure. Not being able to unpack is like wearing one sock, like forgetting the close-parenthesis, like graduation without the diploma or moving out without the tearful good-byes and heartfelt promises. I am in limbo. Throw me a bone here, Lufthansa!
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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They keep saying "tomorrow." But now what Lufthansa says is "case closed." Apparently they only take responsibility until they shove my case off on someone else, in this case the German version of UPS, which is called DHL. They left a note in my box that they tried to deliver my stuff yesterday morning at 10:00 am. I specifically told the Lufthansa lady that I work all day, and am therefore not home, and she said no problem, they would call me first before they delivered it, so I gave her both phone numbers. They didn't call. She also promised me that since this company is related to the German Post, I could just go pick up my suitcases at the post office if I missed the delivery (which of course I wouldn't, since they would call first). She neglected to mention that I would have to go to the post office in *Leipzig*, which is 1 hour and 12 euros away, if I wanted to pick up the bags myself. So now I have to stay home tonight for five hours and wait for them to come. I hate living alone and being at the mercy of some organization that doesn't care. But I have to get that stuff back, and I can't afford to pay them to deliver the stuff (the suitcases weigh 120 pounds!), which is the penalty if we don't connect today. So I am stuck in my house from 5 to 10.
I'm glad you purposely left the close-parenthesis off of your entry title... because it was really starting to bug me. But then when I saw it was purposeful, and also a way to illustrate the point of your entry, I was then able to appreciate it. But little typos bug me... It's one of the few ways I'm anal.
Thanks for noticing the purpose in it. I hate misspelled words and typos too. :-)
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