It was a long time ago - University of Maryland I think. I do recall my roommate showed up near midnight and the first thing he did was show me the rampant psoriasis on his arms and reassured me it wasn't contagious. I don't recall having to go anywhere else. If I did, I drove my car. It was a great eye opener/final straw for me. :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > 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. :-) >
