San Fran – Day 1

Today started out as a series of unfortunate events. You see, my weekend is scheduled very tightly. I had an interview at 4:30 and my flight arrived in San Franciscoat 10:00pm. So, when I found out the flight was cancelled at 4:00 this morning while trying to get my ticket, I was pretty pissed. I was more pissed that United barley has enough people to help the five families with ten kids going to Florida, let alone help me with my lone problem. I sat at the automatic check-in (the only option) and waited for someone to help me. Fortunately they had a lady that was wondering from terminal to terminal that was helpful in pressing buttons. But beyond that, she was on no help. So I had to wait for one of the incompetent people behind the counter. The lady that was suppose to help me had to leave fifteen minutes after ticketing opened. It seemed helpful to have her back there. After she left, there were two people to help. The guy that helped me was very nice. I mean, he couldnt do anything personally, and I understand that. But he could be nice. I finally encountered a nice lady at the terminal who helped me go through other options then flying into San Francisco. We both determined I could get toSan Jose in plenty of time to get in San Francisco, and the lady was ready to call her daughter to figure out how to get from the airport to San Francisco. Fortunately, I was high on the standby list and I got on the 8:00 flight to San Francisco. I thought this was lucky because there were tons of people from the 7:00 flight waiting for the 8:00 flight.

After I got to San Francisco, I wasnt in the mood to be in a good mood. But after I checked into my hostel and wandered the city a little I was in a great mood. I had a walking tour with the neighborhood I was interviewing at 3:00, which went well. It put me in a great mood. The office was full of young people that seemed like it would be fun to work. The only problem was with the position I was applying. It seems that they were more centered on financial planning then on community development.

So I really want to go out and drink tonight. The hostel Im at is social enough, but Im not social tonight.

Dunno if Im staying at this hostel or even in San Francisco tomorrow. Ill decide tomorrow. Might move to a different area of the city.