Last week

Last week, I was lucky enough to go with MonsterMustDie on an overnight trip to Atlanta. We drove down Tuesday in a rented cargo van. The plan was for him to oversee final removal of everything his employer had remaining in Atlanta in a truck as well as transporting some items in the cargo van.

Good thing: We met up with six friends at Holy Taco in East Atlanta for dinner and conversation after we arrived in Atlanta. We ended up spending two days with no online access other than MonsterMustDie's cell phone  - which was actually a very nice emotional break.

Bad thing: It all started with the company credit card being denied at the hotel, which also did not provide free internet access to guests - that was $20 more. MonsterMustDie's entire business trip was a complete fail because no one on the other side had gotten proper confirmations or checked their emails. We got to the site the next day and his key did not work because the landlord had already changed the locks for a new tenant. The company was notified of this two weeks ago but did not respond or pass this on to MonsterMustDie.
Also, the landlord had not been properly notified that anyone would be there to recover what was left in the empty space and the company next door had some of its largest trucks parked in their lot, which had to be moved to leave a clear entrance to the warehouse and loading dock. He had to walk into their office and ask them to move their trucks out of the lot.
The drivers called to say there were no trucks ready for them. The trucks weren't there to pick up because no one had confirmed the reservation of them after filling out online forms.
The person responsible for all of the arrangements was in meetings and did not answer his phone or voicemail all day.
The landlord was also unreachable to get a key, anyway. MonsterMustDie started going down the chain of contacts and got the landlord's personal cell phone number and finally reached him. He had no idea anyone was supposed to be there.
 All of this was scheduled to happen at 8 a.m. We waited around until 1 p.m. before heading out for lunch and then on the road back to North Carolina.