And the luggage saga comes to an end—Doug’s luggage finally arrived yesterday—10 days after it was first put on the United flight in Boston Logan International Airport. This was no small feat. We received a random phone call early Monday morning, 12:30 am, telling us that our luggage was being delivered to our building within the hour only to find out the next day that it wasn’t our luggage! The person who actually received our luggage texted Doug and said, “We have your luggage, is it possible you have ours?” And the answer was, “Yes!” The two people who ultimately resolved the problem were not related to United in any way, just passengers trying to get their rightful luggage back.

Much like many of the acceptance speeches at the academy awards ceremonies, “We’d like to thank…”, as we didn’t do this alone! To get this one small piece of luggage it took the following: numerous phone calls to United’s Bagtrack service area, various porters within EWR from multiple visits, at least 3 of the concierges at our building, my son and his friend Eli, my friend Kerri, my daughter Clare, my mother-in-law, the woman whose luggage we received, her sister, Doug and me. It apparently takes a village to get your luggage back.

I share this story simply because a lot of people went out of their way to help us and that did not go unnoticed. And in almost all of those situations, we asked for help. We didn’t ask for help because we didn’t want to do the work, we asked for help because we needed it. If you were going to ask for help today, what would you ask for? Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s actually a sign that you are smart, resourceful, courageous, expeditious, and a great manager of your time. So today, ask for help! Why? Because smart people ask for help, that’s why!

Let’s GO! WE GOT THIS!
BETH