Comments on: U Haul Hell Saturday (August 25, 2007) http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/08/27/u-haul-hell-saturday-august-25-2007/ Making trouble today for a better tomorrow... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Betsy Devine http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/08/27/u-haul-hell-saturday-august-25-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Betsy Devine Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:06:50 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/08/27/u-haul-hell-saturday-august-25-2007/#comment-759 The end of the saga? More text messages from U Haul arrived on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Each one demanded that I call the same 781 number about the "overdue" truck I rented from Lynnway. I made some more calls to the 781 number--still "just a formality." I called Action Towing, just out of curiosity. Yes the U Haul truck was still sitting on their lot, racking up $50 per storage charges. Finally, I think it was Thursday, I managed to get one of the U Haul people at the 781 number to write down the phone number for folks at Action Towing. Hurray, that did the trick! It seems that I was able to play a critical (but of course unpaid) role in the U Haul corporate communications structure. You know what's the worst thing about all this frustrating mess? The U Haul truck I rented didn't even have <a href = "http://betsydevine.com/blog/2006/09/21/the-craziness-inspired-by-four-big-big-cup-holders/" rel="nofollow">cup holders</a>! The end of the saga? More text messages from U Haul arrived on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Each one demanded that I call the same 781 number about the “overdue” truck I rented from Lynnway. I made some more calls to the 781 number–still “just a formality.” I called Action Towing, just out of curiosity. Yes the U Haul truck was still sitting on their lot, racking up $50 per storage charges. Finally, I think it was Thursday, I managed to get one of the U Haul people at the 781 number to write down the phone number for folks at Action Towing.

Hurray, that did the trick! It seems that I was able to play a critical (but of course unpaid) role in the U Haul corporate communications structure.

You know what’s the worst thing about all this frustrating mess? The U Haul truck I rented didn’t even have cup holders!

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