On Feb 15, 2011, at 7:25 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > Same reason I had less and less to do with the TMO over the years - I saw > established arrogance and corruption. The last TM course I went on was that > big Washington DC one about 20 years ago.
Which was right when I was leaving DC and moving here~~ no interest in going and I haven't been to a course since. > I was quite excited when it was announced and immediately reserved and paid > for a single room for myself. Many weeks later when the course began, I was > asked to show up at a large hotel for a room assignment. I got there on time, > around 4PM. Finally, after being there six and a half hours, watching rooms > being held for Governors who hadn't showed up and other odd things, I was > given a shared room in a dormitory on a campus far away, with no apologies. Probably Gallaudet College~~a nice campus, but definitely far away, esp. if you'd paid for a single. Did they at least drive you out there? If not, how did you get there? And how did you and the others get back and forth? I hope they didn't make everyone take the Metro. > I was completely bummed - not what I wanted or expected, or had paid for. > There was no explanation of what happened to my reservation or why, though > even at the remote facility, single rooms were still being held for absent > Governors. I stayed one night and left the course the next afternoon. > Sayonara, and all that. :-)
