recollection of camera inside bag on plane. bag closed. not opened (with witnesses) until hotel, where it was not to be seen. airline + salzburg, vienna, düsseldorf airport lost and found offices came up with nothing. this is not fucking possible.
it was easy enough to find the number for the airport services in salz, which is where they tell you to call in these situations. quite nice and straightforward (you know where this is going).
i call them. they say no, you have call the airline (austrian).
i do.
they say no, you have to call us in vienna.
i do.
in vienna they say if the guys so far haven't found it, you have to call düsseldorf airport.
i do.
they say no, you have to call lufthansa.
i do.
i get a message saying give your phone number and case number of something and they'll call you back. i leave my phone number, not expecting a call back (which promptly never comes).
i call lufthansa again, they say yeah don't call THAT number, call THIS number.
i do.
it's a dead number.
i call lufthansa again. they give me another number.
it's the other number on the first webpage i saw in the morning, where they told you not to call.
i do.
woman on line: "canon and sigma? yeah, come pick it up."
on the last call, by the way, i had already formulated a tasty rant at whoever the unfortunate employee would be on the receiving end, on how the fuck nobody on any airport or -line knows who handles these things, and i had the pointless and complicated and fruitless wallet-hunt in very fresh memory, so i was not at ALL prepared for it to be ever found again.
now that i know the happy outcome, i can throw my nasty comments: i suggest we CHAIN your valuable belongings to you. would add a punky touch to your personality. add to this a leather jacket with this beautiful flag of yours on the back and you're all set!
21 comments so far
YAY! More from keltanen!
Have you been hostagitized? Are you stranded in Burkina Faso? Is your name Matti?
2 years, 5 months ago by happeningfish
my camera's just pulled a disappearing act far more impressive and unlikely than my wallet did.
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
FUCK.
2 years, 5 months ago by happeningfish
recollection of camera inside bag on plane. bag closed. not opened (with witnesses) until hotel, where it was not to be seen. airline + salzburg, vienna, düsseldorf airport lost and found offices came up with nothing. this is not fucking possible.
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
Not good.
2 years, 5 months ago by Kanikoski
In your carry-on?
2 years, 5 months ago by happeningfish
Shit :(
2 years, 5 months ago by arabella
(with a 10-20 USM)
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
Major badness :(
2 years, 5 months ago by Guzmo
achtung scheisse, too sorry to hear
2 years, 5 months ago by Mesq
RECOVERED!!
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
yay! too good to hear
2 years, 5 months ago by Mesq
How did the situation unfuck itself?
2 years, 5 months ago by tigert
here's what happened.
it was easy enough to find the number for the airport services in salz, which is where they tell you to call in these situations. quite nice and straightforward (you know where this is going).
i call them. they say no, you have call the airline (austrian).
i do.
they say no, you have to call us in vienna.
i do.
in vienna they say if the guys so far haven't found it, you have to call düsseldorf airport.
i do.
they say no, you have to call lufthansa.
i do.
i get a message saying give your phone number and case number of something and they'll call you back. i leave my phone number, not expecting a call back (which promptly never comes).
i call lufthansa again, they say yeah don't call THAT number, call THIS number.
i do.
it's a dead number.
i call lufthansa again. they give me another number.
it's the other number on the first webpage i saw in the morning, where they told you not to call.
i do.
woman on line: "canon and sigma? yeah, come pick it up."
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
Huzzah!
2 years, 5 months ago by Jsn
on the last call, by the way, i had already formulated a tasty rant at whoever the unfortunate employee would be on the receiving end, on how the fuck nobody on any airport or -line knows who handles these things, and i had the pointless and complicated and fruitless wallet-hunt in very fresh memory, so i was not at ALL prepared for it to be ever found again.
also, everyone, thanks.
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
Does this mean I can cancel the chocolates and stripper I ordered for your hotel?
2 years, 5 months ago by happeningfish
no.
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen
you're getting quite a big share of adrenaline rushes over there. good that it was found!
2 years, 5 months ago by hannamime
now that i know the happy outcome, i can throw my nasty comments: i suggest we CHAIN your valuable belongings to you. would add a punky touch to your personality. add to this a leather jacket with this beautiful flag of yours on the back and you're all set!
2 years, 5 months ago by javier
javier: what you need to do about comments like that is first drink a lot of water, sleep over it, and then think again about posting.
2 years, 5 months ago by keltanen