Tikkabik

So here I sit in NYC, and as per usual with the company for whom I work, things are complete chaos.

Arrived yesterday afternoon to discover that the hotel had given my reservation away because we were no-shows. We told the person who made the reservations that we weren't coming in til Sunday, but she didn't call the hotel to let them know that, so they presumed we were still arriving on Saturday. It only took a few minutes to sort out, but I still got that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Showed up at the convention center this morning to discover that while an order had been placed for our staff room, no one had bothered to get networking for it -- so we had places to sit but absolutely no way to get any substantive work done.

Fortunately, I muddled through that mess myself and managed to save the company about two grand in the process. Hopefully my boss will remember that come review time.

So, I'm working now, and reasonably functional, at least at the show -- the hotel, while nicer and closer to the heart of things than last year's joint, is equally devoid of high-speed access, so I'm relegated to dialup via Earthlink when I'm there. At least the bed is comfy.