TOTD goes to the obnoxious moron of a van driver in IAD who left my tote bag at the curb when he got distracted letting a last minute walkup pax to the van (and leaving 2 of my crew members to have to take a cab). I understand crap happens, but what REALLY ****ed me off was him telling me I never gave it to him. ***? Yeah, I never did and that's why it was in the MWAA Lost and Found office the next morning. Another van driver took me back to the airport as soon as we got to the hotel and it wasn't there. Since it was "after hours" only an MWAA cop could have helped me. I looked around for almost an hour pre-TSA checkpoint, but there was none to be found.
Should I have waited to be sure the bag was safely in the van, yes, BUT it was a lonnnng day working back from Europe and it started pouring rain as he was loading the bags.

The same idiot driver has also left me standing at the curb after he took another pax and had a crappy attitude when he got the call to come back to get me. Instead of saying nothing or apologizing for the mix-up, he instead apologized to the male pax. This guy has some serious issues. Can't wait to see him again on Sunday night. NOT!

A big shoutout, though, to the TSA agents who were very helpful, even though they couldn't help me.

 

Which hotel and what night? If it was last night 2H looked crowded as hell for some reason.

 

It was Tuesday night around 2030 and 2H was packed. It's the Hampton Inn Cascades.

 

Exactly the reason I waited until ALL my crew's bags were on the van.

 

Well, in fairness, the one pilot we were with was left to take a cab with another FA. Not that it should be on the pilots, of course, but as I said it started pouring and none of us wanted to get wet after our long day.

 

Didn't vice just bust the Hampton Inn?

 

x2. Trust but verify. And make sure they don't put laptops where they might fall out when the door gets opened at the hotel.

 

Huh?.............

 

You pilots are too damn perfect! As I said, I'm usually the most OCD in the bunch, but there are times when you're waaay too tired and don't want to get poured on and just trust a van driver can just do his damn job, ESPECIALLY at a hotel we stay at regularly.