AAAAAGGGHH!! I am such a fucking idiot!

Gitch · 07-13-2004, 10:54 PM

Yup, I have fucked up royally - and there is no one to blame but myself. AAAAGGHH! Goddamnit to Hell on a handbike!

I have just booked my first proper holiday for about 3 years. The piece de resistance of it being a week long orgy of culture, food and red wine in Paris. Just to balance the scales I will also make a day trip to EuroDisney. I booked it online, sunday afternoon, through expedia.co.uk between August 27th and September 2nd and was feeling pretty good about it - flights, taxes, accomodation, comprehensive insurance and several excursions for £450. And somehow I managed to fit it in between a wedding, a stag weekend and a couple of important meetings.

Chatting about it tonight with a colleague he expressed surprise "Are you not going to the Genomes conference on September 1st-3rd? I though everyone had to go".

Fuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!

The poster has been upon the wall since bloody January. I agreed verbally with the secretary that I would go, and had even highlighted the email telling me to write a poster abstract by August 1st. The thing is, not only am I under pressure to go - I actually want to go. I am planning on changing direction in my career over the next couple of years and this conference has a really diverse range of speakers.

Why in God's name did I not write the date in my diary? I have everything else in there. For God's sake I even have my friends' wedding anniversary written in there!!

So I contacted the Travel company - no chance of a refund since the hotel and flights were booked as part of a package. I've gone past the 24 hour "cooling off period" (and I've checked the trading standards website for confirmation - no joy). Unfortunately my travel insurance doesn't cover me not using my diary correctly

.

So my only recourse is to book a cheap flight to come back to UK on the 31st (or 1st of September if there is nothing exciting at 9am) and scrap 2 nights of my holiday.

Bollocks!!

Lesson learnt...

Bean · 07-14-2004, 12:11 PM

That really sucks. I'm going on vacation next week as well. I'm going to a huge family reunion in Newfoundland. Half the people there I've never even met, once in a lifetime chance for me. I'm less than a weeks away, and I haven't even decided how I'm getting there yet.

Stag · 07-14-2004, 12:39 PM

Heh heh a Stag weekend...I have one of those EVERYweekend since I am Stag

Cymro · 07-14-2004, 01:04 PM

You wouldn't be going to Amsterdam would you, cause that's where I'm going on my mate's Stag weekend

Stag · 07-14-2004, 02:53 PM

Well if both of you are going to be in Amsterdam at the same time, I will get my arse on a plane and join you.

Cymro · 07-14-2004, 04:43 PM

Hey Stag, wanna split the costs and put a hooker "on the spit" with me?

Stag · 07-14-2004, 05:57 PM

Not a problem, I'll even give her a tip

You know I spent 6 months living in Hamburg Germany in a flat on the Reperbahn which is the city's red light district. Ahhh, what great times.

Gitch · 07-14-2004, 06:55 PM

Damn - wish it was in Amsterdam! Its in sodding Bournemouth!

Cymro · 07-14-2004, 07:17 PM

Barmouthe or Bournemouthe? Cause the first is a nasty English tourist spot in Mid-Wales

Bean · 07-14-2004, 07:39 PM

You notice how Stag just HAD to include a reference to his ass in that comment??

07-13-2004, 10:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gitch Consultant Fellationist Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: God's own country merry England Posts: 435	AAAAAGGGHH!! I am such a fucking idiot! Yup, I have fucked up royally - and there is no one to blame but myself. AAAAGGHH! Goddamnit to Hell on a handbike! I have just booked my first proper holiday for about 3 years. The piece de resistance of it being a week long orgy of culture, food and red wine in Paris. Just to balance the scales I will also make a day trip to EuroDisney. I booked it online, sunday afternoon, through expedia.co.uk between August 27th and September 2nd and was feeling pretty good about it - flights, taxes, accomodation, comprehensive insurance and several excursions for £450. And somehow I managed to fit it in between a wedding, a stag weekend and a couple of important meetings. Chatting about it tonight with a colleague he expressed surprise "Are you not going to the Genomes conference on September 1st-3rd? I though everyone had to go". Fuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!! The poster has been upon the wall since bloody January. I agreed verbally with the secretary that I would go, and had even highlighted the email telling me to write a poster abstract by August 1st. The thing is, not only am I under pressure to go - I actually want to go. I am planning on changing direction in my career over the next couple of years and this conference has a really diverse range of speakers. Why in God's name did I not write the date in my diary? I have everything else in there. For God's sake I even have my friends' wedding anniversary written in there!! So I contacted the Travel company - no chance of a refund since the hotel and flights were booked as part of a package. I've gone past the 24 hour "cooling off period" (and I've checked the trading standards website for confirmation - no joy). Unfortunately my travel insurance doesn't cover me not using my diary correctly . So my only recourse is to book a cheap flight to come back to UK on the 31st (or 1st of September if there is nothing exciting at 9am) and scrap 2 nights of my holiday. Bollocks!! Lesson learnt... __________________ If masturbation is self-abuse - you are obviously doing it wrong.

07-14-2004, 12:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,036	That really sucks. I'm going on vacation next week as well. I'm going to a huge family reunion in Newfoundland. Half the people there I've never even met, once in a lifetime chance for me. I'm less than a weeks away, and I haven't even decided how I'm getting there yet. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

07-14-2004, 12:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	Heh heh a Stag weekend...I have one of those EVERYweekend since I am Stag __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

07-14-2004, 01:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,912	You wouldn't be going to Amsterdam would you, cause that's where I'm going on my mate's Stag weekend __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

07-14-2004, 02:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	Well if both of you are going to be in Amsterdam at the same time, I will get my arse on a plane and join you. __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

07-14-2004, 04:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,912	Hey Stag, wanna split the costs and put a hooker "on the spit" with me? __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

07-14-2004, 05:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	Not a problem, I'll even give her a tip You know I spent 6 months living in Hamburg Germany in a flat on the Reperbahn which is the city's red light district. Ahhh, what great times. __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

07-14-2004, 06:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gitch Consultant Fellationist Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: God's own country merry England Posts: 435	Damn - wish it was in Amsterdam! Its in sodding Bournemouth! __________________ If masturbation is self-abuse - you are obviously doing it wrong.

07-14-2004, 07:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,912	Barmouthe or Bournemouthe? Cause the first is a nasty English tourist spot in Mid-Wales __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

07-14-2004, 07:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,036	You notice how Stag just HAD to include a reference to his ass in that comment?? __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

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