Comments on: It’s the Most Ridiculous Time of the Year http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/its-the-most-ridiculous-time-of-the-year/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 16 May 2008 23:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jill http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/its-the-most-ridiculous-time-of-the-year/#comment-106 Jill Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:22:04 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=49#comment-106 <p>Oh goodness. Good luck with all that!! </p> Oh goodness. Good luck with all that!!

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/its-the-most-ridiculous-time-of-the-year/#comment-105 KF Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:23:54 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=49#comment-105 <p>Marcus—I haven’t wanted to respond until now for fear of jinxing myself.  But so far, so good.  When I got to the airport in Prague, I presented the boarding passes for both ticket 2 and ticket 3, and said, “I’m booked all the way through Newark; can you check my suitcase all the way through?” The wonderful desk agent said yes, and made sure THREE SEPARATE TIMES to show me the tag she was placing on my bag, that it had all the correct information for both flights on it, and etc.  Somehow, though, until the very moment when my suitcase came sliding down the conveyor belt, I was just not convinced that I wasn’t going to be attending the MLA in the slightly stinky t-shirt and jeans I’d travelled in. </p> <p> Laura—do buzz me if you’re here!  I’ll email you my cell number. </p> <p> Misanthrope—I suppose the difference being that one sort of expects travel plans including Paris, Prague, and Philadelphia to take on a certain complexity.  Getting to Dr. B’s should have involved directions that read “get on this freeway here, drive that way, get off way up there, turn right.” And, in fact they would have read that—<i>had I bothered to bring them</i>.  You should see the documentation of all of these tickets and reservations that I’m traveling with right now… </p> Marcus—I haven’t wanted to respond until now for fear of jinxing myself.  But so far, so good.  When I got to the airport in Prague, I presented the boarding passes for both ticket 2 and ticket 3, and said, “I’m booked all the way through Newark; can you check my suitcase all the way through?” The wonderful desk agent said yes, and made sure THREE SEPARATE TIMES to show me the tag she was placing on my bag, that it had all the correct information for both flights on it, and etc.  Somehow, though, until the very moment when my suitcase came sliding down the conveyor belt, I was just not convinced that I wasn’t going to be attending the MLA in the slightly stinky t-shirt and jeans I’d travelled in.

Laura—do buzz me if you’re here!  I’ll email you my cell number.

Misanthrope—I suppose the difference being that one sort of expects travel plans including Paris, Prague, and Philadelphia to take on a certain complexity.  Getting to Dr. B’s should have involved directions that read “get on this freeway here, drive that way, get off way up there, turn right.” And, in fact they would have read that—had I bothered to bring them.  You should see the documentation of all of these tickets and reservations that I’m traveling with right now…

]]> By: The Misanthrope http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/its-the-most-ridiculous-time-of-the-year/#comment-104 The Misanthrope Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:38:00 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=49#comment-104 <p>You made getting to Bitch PhD’s sound normal and easy. I could never do that. </p> You made getting to Bitch PhD’s sound normal and easy. I could never do that.

]]> By: Laura http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/its-the-most-ridiculous-time-of-the-year/#comment-103 Laura Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:31:15 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=49#comment-103 <p>Hey, I’ll be at MLA. Maybe I’ll track you down. I’m planning on coming over the 28th. </p> Hey, I’ll be at MLA. Maybe I’ll track you down. I’m planning on coming over the 28th.

]]> By: marcus http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/its-the-most-ridiculous-time-of-the-year/#comment-102 marcus Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:07:40 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=49#comment-102 <p>For someone who is cursed with travel misadventures, you’re just asking for trouble with all these interwoven tickets ! </p> <p> I’ll light a candle in the hope of getting you and R and all your luggage here to Paris safe and in one unfrazzled piece by the end of the week. </p> For someone who is cursed with travel misadventures, you’re just asking for trouble with all these interwoven tickets !

I’ll light a candle in the hope of getting you and R and all your luggage here to Paris safe and in one unfrazzled piece by the end of the week.

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