Military life is sooooo different

[sunshine]

Than what we're used to at least.

Doug slept on the floor of the USO in Pensacola FL last night.
They shipped him off the base, as his orders say he's done there. .
but the plane tickets they bought him to go to his next base don't
leave until this morning morning! Technically the USO there closes at
night. . . .but Doug managed to coherce someone into locking him in
for the night-- so he didn't have to pay for a hotel room last night.

Today, when he gets to CA (after over 12 hours of
flight/layovers=== Pensacola, Houston, LA, Fresno) he has to fork out
$150 for a taxi ride from Fresno to Lemoore! Unbelieveable. . . .

[braided-rug]

Yep, life can get complicated. I guess it's good just to have the money sometimes, hope he has a nice rest at the end.

[lucie]

Well, I don't know how it used to be, but boy, they could have paid a cheap hotel for him to sleep! After all, he is serving his country.

[lynn]

I'm with you Lucie! And $150 for a cab ride?? Betcha if THEY were paying for the ride, it'd be alot cheaper. That's ridiculous.

Sounds like an article for Reader's Digest "That's Outrageous".

[sunshine]

Well--- he made it there in one piece. Had a long wait at LA- some sort of delay. . . but thankfully, when he got to Fresno, there was a van headed to the base - so he got a ride for free.

I just think it's appauling that they tossed him out of the Pensacola base- and yet his flight didn't leave til today--- so he was expected to find a room for the night-- UNREIMBURSED.

If he's had to take the cab to the base today--- they'd have reimbursed him. . . .at SOME POINT. He's still waiting to get his money from the cab ride in FL when he reported for duty last Oct.

[lynn]

Well, I'm glad he made and didn't have to pay that absurd cab fee.

Isn't that something? Still waiting on money from last October??!

[Admin]

Yep, that's the military. Sad but true. Lori and Joey are STILL waiting on their moving money from last July.

Sorry Doug, but glad you didn't have to pay for that cab.