for the last month, i’ve been slowly but surely getting ready to move out of my place. moving is always hectic and a major pain, so this time, i decided to get all of my stuff done way in advance so that the final day of the move would be a breeze. unfortunately, it didn’t end up like that. the whole day ended up being a total nightmare because:<\/p>\n
uhaul never called us on saturday to notify us when our pick-up time would be. when we called them to find out, it turns out we can only find out from the SF regional office which is closed. we have to call the next day, set up a pickup time, and then drive to uhaul… to find a line w\/ 50 people in it. the line takes 2 hours. after waiting in line, we get sent to the outside where someone is supposed to hook up the trailer we are renting to our truck. no one is there. we can’t find anyone to help us for the next half hour.<\/p>\n
eventually, when someone does help us, we are told our truck doesnt have the right connectors for the blinkers and we have to go buy one… but no one assists us to tell us which connectors we might need. then, it turns out that only one employee in the whole place knows how to install said connector… but he is nowhere to be found. when we find him, he keeps avoiding us and walking away for another half hour. finally he says he can install it… for an extra 20$. ugh. we end up installing it ourselves, but now there is once again no one around to connect the trailer to our truck and we have to waste more time finding someone.<\/p>\n
total time spent at uhaul: 3.5 hours.<\/p>\n
after getting lost on the way home and stuck in traffic, i get home, we load the truck\/trailer as fast as possible, and speed off to the storage place in Fremont. after a few minutes, caryn’s car starts dying. she has to pull over part way to Fremont at li’s house and ask for a ride. when we get to Fremont, it turns out the lady incorrectly wrote down when we needed to access our unit, and the box is buried somewhere in the warehouse with no access to it. after begging, the employee reluctantly gets our unit. we spend another couple hours trying to figure out how the heck to fit everything into the unit.<\/p>\n
after that we dropped the trailer off at uhaul after hours (which you arent allowed to do since it might get stolen). this is now 5 hours from when we left the uhaul place. we still have no car since i just sold mine and caryn’s is broken so we have to get a rental. <\/p>\n
finally, at 9pm… 12 hours after starting moving, we were done.. although there are still some odds and ends we want to pick up from SF. *sigh*. whatever you do, dont ever rent from uhaul!!<\/p>\n
on a brighter note though, it’s now only 14 days till i take off on my trip!! tomorrow is my last day of work, plus, i get to go to burning man the day after tomorrow!!<\/p>\n
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