Posted By: mongo19621954
At the end of the day, an agency really wants to sell time - so a communication error would seem most likely. But shit happens.
I fully agree, which is why I am more shocked in what happened than anything else.
Read back through your email.
Yes, IF she had actually confirmed the night before, I would be royally pissed. On the other hand - if she had not actually replied - "we are good to go tomorrow from 9:00 to 11:00; cross street is Spring at 10th, call 555-1212 when you get there" or something really specific like that, I would not have gotten in the car to begin with.
IF she confirmed and you replied "Great - looking forward to it at 9 AM tomorrow" then that's under the heading of seriously fucked up.
On the other hand - if she did not specifically confirm - then that's on you. Lesson learned. Drop it and go on with your life.
We had a date and time confirmed, and I guess I went wrong when I assumed that she did not know the location up until the last minute (she has multiple locations these days). It's hard for me to be completely responsible for this, since I did not want to be pushy and things didn't help with her responses being spaced a good 3 to 4 hours a part. But yes, outside of location, date and time was scheduled.
Regardless, it's time to move on - at this point, you and the agency are probably not going to get along- there are a number of agencies in town.... and independents. Call them.
At this point, I'm not sure when the next time will be. This week off of work was perfect for setting this up, and going back to work along with the 3 hours of driving plus time with a provider, independent or not, might not be possible for quite some time.