explain how i assembled, labeled, and detailed the trip itinerary for her, but minutes after she received the syllabus, she automatically questions the sequence? that's right. she could not be bothered to look it over and be self sufficient. otherwise, what might she think the bangkok marriott resort and spa is? a holistic half-day retreat? did she think to evaluate and then balance her chakras on day one that fast?
"which hotel do we stay at upon arrival?"
hello?!
it irks me how, essentially, some people haven't a capacity for an image disorder. why, even if it was just me in the line of disdain, would she want to allow herself to look uninformed? it's not just her-- the entire lazy world commands this "i'll just ask someone even though the answer is amid this paperwork" approach. why wouldn't motherfigure flip over the first page to see she had very concise information before posing a question? is this not considered lazy, and... just normal? even though she was just striking up a conversation, didn't she have the wherewithal to first consider her approach and see how lame it made her look? independent travelers cannot present themselves in this way without announcing a weakness or lack of security.
i had to invalidate her question, seeing as how the first night's hotel is listed on the very first page-- listed right under our initial flight information-- after the technicality of the imaginary longitude known as the international dateline. again, for what reason is this necessary separation of calendar days, for some, a phenomenon?
"we both depart from the usa late night on sunday and then arrive at the bangkok airport early on tuesday- calm down," i could say, but know not to do this. "our sunday and monday nights are included in the airfare." it's true i need to refer to 'our monday morning departure' as 'departing late on sunday night' to avoid a travel catastrophe, but, nah, i had better not joke about a hotel. obviously, but it isn't for some, i only mean that we lose one day en route and are required to endure that night on the airplane. motherfigure is apt to get confused and question, even though the flight is nonstop, what hotel we have arranged between the usa and asia.
another thing driving me nuts: travellers lose one day when crossing the international dateline (westwardly) and motherfigure considers this 'wasting a day.' what may be worse, is listening to the unsophisticated travelers on flights crossing the international dateline eastwardly. on my last trip, uncomplicated people were complaining that they were losing a day on our journey from asia to the usa. not only were these statements completely false, but our departing time from asia was later than our arrival time in the usa on the same day. we 'gained' time.




