Final Destination

Well hopefully I have better luck than the people in the movies did. For those who don't know, the blog title today is from a thriller/horror movie where the characters somehow escape death, only to be hunted down by said mysterious force and taken out in a myriad of unrealistic ways. Whats worse, they made sequals!

Anyway the post today is about my experience with Greyhound; who will be ferrying me to Whistler tonight.

First I wanted to check that I was getting off at the right destination. There are two Whistler locations you can go to:

• Whistler Village
• Whistler Creek(e)

I picked "creek" as I will be working Whistler Creekside, but thought I'd better check. Turns out the village will be much better for when I initially show up. Ok no problem. I'll just call Greyhound and make sure I can hop off at the village. They are the same city right? ....... Right!? Well the guy on the other end of the phone didn't know because he is at the call center, but he could help me change my ticket which would cost $300 for the new fare and I could be refunded for the original one, which was about half that amount. Uh no thanks! So I called the Whistler depot and asked what was going on and lo and behold I can hop off the bus at the village, no ticket change needed as they are the same town. Customer service FAIL! Although the local guys have their act together.

Then I checked the baggage restrictions because I wanted to verify what I was allowed to take with me on the bus, how many bags, checked items etc. Well most of the stuff was common sense but well, I'll let the pictue speak for itself.

Now I won't be taking any firearms with me and props to Greyhound for allowing some types to be taken in the first place. However.....apparently it isn't alright to take an unlicensed firearm on the bus! I know they are only covering their ass but if something is actually illegal to possess it would logically follow that you can't take it with you on a cross country bus ride!