I have used orbitz.  What has probably happened was that your return flight is sold out.  You should try to call the airline and see if they have any more seats left for that flight.  I know that on these websites if you don't book the flights quickly they are gone in a matter of minutes.  

When using one of travel websites for travel I tell my boss we have to make a decision within an hour or so or risk losing the flights and the great price.

Robin

Michelle~

I totally agree with you.  This person is totally ego driven and the media isn't helping one bit.  I think they give too much information.  Sure they need to warn people but we don't need to know every detail.  I am sure this person is sitting back thinking that he has everyone fooled but he will slip up and be caught.

I agree with you and the school situation, while as a Mom I would like to have my kids home and know they are safe but at the same time I don't want them to have to live in fear and not get to go about their normal routine.  This is also feeding this person's ego, that he has the ability to alter everyone's lives.

I have everyone back there in my thoughts and prayers and hope that they catch this person soon.

Robin

Lioness I was feeling the same way, but didn't want to post it.  I think sometimes the focus is spent on the job itself and not the people who perform the job.  Believe me there are all types of Admins, Secretaries, and Assistants.  This is true in any profession. You are correct when you say "being an admin is what we do, not what we are."   I just think getting so upset over a movie or poster or marketing is wasted energy.  I have been in this career for over 26 years and let me tell you we are further along than most people realize.  I can't even begin to tell you some of the things I have seen in that time period.  But I can tell you one thing instead of getting upset I work towards making myself and my career better.  It's all a matter of perspective!
Robin

Okay, where do you find these??  This was great.  Sad thing is I remember when each of those songs were released!  Thanks for the morning chuckle.
Robin

I remember the SRA cards, but I first got to use them when I was in junior high (1967/68).  I loved them, I was always ahead of the class on completing each unit.  It was a fun way to learn.  Oh the simple things in life.........
Robin

I was born in 1957!  Boy does this make me feel old............

Thanks.  Just sent it out to a group of friends.
Robin

Bea-

Very tough decision you have to make.  But ask yourself at the end of the day was the extra bit of salary worth the aggravation and torment?   I was in a similar situation, worked for a great company and loved my boss but when he moved backeast I got stuck with one of the rudest, unbusiness like individuals.  I stuck it out for almost 6 months and didn’t want to leave because of the salary decrease I would have to take.  But one day it finally came to a head and I had an enough.  No amount of money was worth being treated like a non human.  I quit took another position with a lower salary and not as many perks, but you know what, it was the best decision I every made.  

Sure the money is nice but isn’t your health and happiness worth more?  Plus as someone else already said you have to also add in the extra benefits you will be receiving.  I have been there and know that is it scary, heck change is scary.  Do what you feel will benefit you in the long run.  Take care and remember we are here to support you.  
Robin

Bea~
By no means was I suggesting you should leave before having something lined up.  I was able to call a previous employeer the night of the incident and had a new job lined up.  I guess my point that no job is worth making you feel rotten.  Plus having to sit and wait for the next bomb that will be set off near you.  Life is too short.  Good luck with the search I am sure you will have no problem finding something.  Robin

This happened to me a while back.  My boss (who was wonderful) left the company to move back to New York.  He wanted me to come with him to the new company but I am a single mom and had 2 small kids.  Anyways, one of the VPs at the company went to the CEO and said that he wanted me to work for him.  Mind you I had no choice.  He seemed like a great guy.  When I had to deal with him during the time I was with my boss he was great, nice, and pleasant.

But when I started working for him you would have thought he just hired a servant.  Night and Day.  Same thing, fetch his drinks throughout the day, get his lunch from the cafe, buy concert tickets for his kids, give his (stay at home) wife directions to the drugstore.   Now mind you I don't usually care about doing things like this as I have been a career admin for 26 years and have been asked to do this and much worse.   But I always knew it and I was appreciated.  However, the straw that broke the camel's back is when he put his filthy dirty used eating utensils on my desk.  He was only 3 ft from the kitchen! I of course got rid of the gross objects and disinfected my desk.  And turned in my resignation the next day.  Needless to say everyone was shocked and try to talk me out of it.  I was considered a valuable employee by the company.  But I had had enough.  

My point is that you can only be pushed so far, check or no check.  I knew this guy wouldn't change and that I would be subjected to this treatment for as long as I supported him.  I was mad to find out that 3 months after I left he was gone from the company.  Apparently there were others he treated the same way.  Unfortunately sometimes we Admins don’t quite carry the power of others.  Or perhaps I opened the door for others to complain and get heard.   Either way to this day I still feel I made the best decision and still feel good about it.  

Robin

P.S. I found out later that his previous admin left for the same reason I did.  And she was a 30+ year career admin!

These are great catsmeat.  I have the last one hanging in my cube as a reminder.  I have been using that saying for years, although sometimes I forget to follow it.  

Thanks for giving me a few more to use now.  Have a great holiday.  Robin

I agree with you Whitesatin.  They showed their true colors when they went on the talk show circuit.  I was appalled at how these people could sit there and act as if nothing big happened.  They worried more about the dogs and what was going to happen to them.  

The kicker for me was Knoller's attorney who tried to turn this whole thing into a gay issue.  A human being lost her life.  

Did you watch any of the trial snippets?  I love to watch court tv but they didn't televise this case.  

I hope the sentence is strong and she spends at least 30 years in prision, if not life.  She deserves it.   Robin

This is a big case in the Bay Area (CA).  Don't know if anyone else has been following this case.  Guilty on all 5 counts.  Even second degree murder.   Robin

Just heard the verdict is in-LIFE IN PRISION.

What a crock, I think she should have gotten the death penalty.  Drowing in a bathtub.  She should suffer what those poor babies did.  This of course is my opinion.  Robin

Okay, I am sorry but I have to again put my two cents in.  This woman was walking around in a state of confusion/delirium most of the time.  Her mother saw it, her mother in law saw it, her best friend saw it (she even kept a journal on it!).  How in the world can we say her husband didn't know or has no responsibility in this whole sad mess.  I think he should have been arrested along with her and stood trial for murder.  This man left her alone day in and day out with these small children.  He knew what problems she was having.  He went with her to the doctors, knew the meds she was on.  I am sorry but I don't care how well she hid things, it sounds to me like there were some signs that people picked up on and chose to do nothing about.  Like filling a tub with water and saying "I may need that".  They will have to live with that for the rest of their lives.

Sorry to be so passionate about this but when it comes to children who are abused/taken in such a horrid way I just loose it.   Robin