Hell on wheels
Yesterday was stupid. It was stupid because of the bus situation. I left college around 4:35 so as to be early for my bus, and given that Lupton hall is hard to get to, I called ahead, and found out that they would show up 25 minutes from when I called. So I told them to call me when the bus was supposed to be there, because...well...I wanted to make sure before they declared me a "no-show" that I would be found.
So they did. Carmon tells me that the driver is outside Lupton Hall. I don't hear it...here begins the fun.
I found the first sighted person I could, and went around the building after explaining to this idiot what I needed about five times. No bus. So I called SCAT. Twenty rings, no answer. Called again...thirty rings, no answer. By this time, the jerk guide had to go to class, leaving me where I was...in the wilderness. Called again....of coarse, when my guide's not here, Sebastian answers. He'd just logged on, and while this is all happening, my Mom starts calling at the most inopportune times, so I lost SCAT connections to that. The driver was at Laffin Hall, not Lupton, in error. So I told him through dispatch that he must circle the building until he sees me. He passes right in front of me, without stopping, and quickly gets out of auditory range. So I called SCAT...uh...it's the no answer game. So now, full blown panick, with me trying to get ahold of scat and finding my way back to the building at the same time, no one's around to give me any kind of help, Any conversation I'm having with Mom is conducted in a panicked yell...When I finally did find someone to help me get back into the building, I finally got ahold of SCAT, telling them to cancel the trip. I found out that Edd, who was supposed to be in the office, left on emergency, leaving, in his words, two people in the office. But if Sebastian had only just arived when I had spoken to him, that meant that...only Carmon was working the phones and the radio when I needed them most. Where was Rose, our erstwhile superviser? Why was SCAT's office left so short in its most important time, rush hour, when customers and drivers both need to coordinate with the dispatcher? You guys were totally Charlie Foxtrot, if I may use the military term.
So they did. Carmon tells me that the driver is outside Lupton Hall. I don't hear it...here begins the fun.
I found the first sighted person I could, and went around the building after explaining to this idiot what I needed about five times. No bus. So I called SCAT. Twenty rings, no answer. Called again...thirty rings, no answer. By this time, the jerk guide had to go to class, leaving me where I was...in the wilderness. Called again....of coarse, when my guide's not here, Sebastian answers. He'd just logged on, and while this is all happening, my Mom starts calling at the most inopportune times, so I lost SCAT connections to that. The driver was at Laffin Hall, not Lupton, in error. So I told him through dispatch that he must circle the building until he sees me. He passes right in front of me, without stopping, and quickly gets out of auditory range. So I called SCAT...uh...it's the no answer game. So now, full blown panick, with me trying to get ahold of scat and finding my way back to the building at the same time, no one's around to give me any kind of help, Any conversation I'm having with Mom is conducted in a panicked yell...When I finally did find someone to help me get back into the building, I finally got ahold of SCAT, telling them to cancel the trip. I found out that Edd, who was supposed to be in the office, left on emergency, leaving, in his words, two people in the office. But if Sebastian had only just arived when I had spoken to him, that meant that...only Carmon was working the phones and the radio when I needed them most. Where was Rose, our erstwhile superviser? Why was SCAT's office left so short in its most important time, rush hour, when customers and drivers both need to coordinate with the dispatcher? You guys were totally Charlie Foxtrot, if I may use the military term.