Group stuck on tour bus
Feb 7, 2009, 6:38 pm
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Group stuck on tour bus
LOL, the tour bus driver from the Marriott IAH got seriouly lost trying to take us to the hangar event tonight. About 20 of us got a nice long tour of N Houston
Feb 7, 2009, 7:08 pm
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Feb 7, 2009, 7:20 pm
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Holy crap am I glad I drove.
Holy crap am I glad I drove.
Feb 7, 2009, 10:27 pm
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It's better than getting stuck on an elevator for an hour, like one of the Headquarters Tour groups. But at least they got some miles out of the deal!
Feb 7, 2009, 10:53 pm
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?? Thisd was one of the CO scheduled shuttles or a Marriott operated?
Feb 8, 2009, 7:06 am
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Feb 8, 2009, 7:10 am
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incredible that the driver would get lost
Feb 8, 2009, 9:39 am
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The occupants of that bus (especially row 1) should have been saying "the hangars are out east - pretend you're going to 59".
Feb 8, 2009, 10:24 am
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LOL ... yeah, I was on that tour of the backside of IAH. I was immersed in a conversation with my seatmate when someone yell out "Where the hell are you taking us???". At that point I looked out to see that we were in the middle of nowhere. Oh well, we did make it in time for the festivities and I had a great conversation.
Feb 8, 2009, 11:10 am
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I am the one who fired up the GPS and shouted the directions to the driver--thanks go to those who relayed my instructions........at least we got there.....
Feb 8, 2009, 9:53 pm
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Feb 8, 2009, 10:20 pm
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I am laughing again about this one still hilarious!
Feb 9, 2009, 8:11 am
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Bus driver?
Huge ^^^^^^ to CO for taking care of our ground transportation. It saved time and money and I am very thankful!
But maybe it was just the luck of the draw with the buses I had, but wouldn't it make sense to have drivers familiar with the area and have experience driving a bus? On one trip, I thought I was on a demolition derby (we hit trees, brushed cars, jumped curbs, took out a sign, etc.) and on another, the driver managed to get us lost within the grounds of IAH...not just once, but twice.
But maybe it was just the luck of the draw with the buses I had, but wouldn't it make sense to have drivers familiar with the area and have experience driving a bus? On one trip, I thought I was on a demolition derby (we hit trees, brushed cars, jumped curbs, took out a sign, etc.) and on another, the driver managed to get us lost within the grounds of IAH...not just once, but twice.
Feb 9, 2009, 8:14 am
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Huge ^^^^^^ to CO for taking care of our ground transportation. It saved time and money and I am very thankful!
But maybe it was just the luck of the draw with the buses I had, but wouldn't it make sense to have drivers familiar with the area and have experience driving a bus? On one trip, I thought I was on a demolition derby (we hit trees, brushed cars, jumped curbs, took out a sign, etc.) and on another, the driver managed to get us lost within the grounds of IAH...not just once, but twice.
But maybe it was just the luck of the draw with the buses I had, but wouldn't it make sense to have drivers familiar with the area and have experience driving a bus? On one trip, I thought I was on a demolition derby (we hit trees, brushed cars, jumped curbs, took out a sign, etc.) and on another, the driver managed to get us lost within the grounds of IAH...not just once, but twice.
Feb 9, 2009, 11:21 am
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One of my jobs was to assist with loading the buses to the Hangar Party. I got on the last big bus (at around 7ish) and then I got off to use the hotel bathroom. Imagine my surprise when I returned to the front of the hotel to watch my bus depart without me! Pay backs are a b!tch....gate agent left behind by customers.