Well that was annoying

[hrj]

Having made a resolution to try to get more engaged with local politics (on a more-than-just-voting level), I followed up on an email inviting me to meet up with a couple of county and state level representatives. The email clearly stated 4:30 PM today. I just double-checked the original email. But when I arrived at the venue and asked about the event, they said it had been held at 10:30 AM this morning.

The previous time I tried to go to a local meet-up held at a coffee shop, I hung out in the coffee shop all morning (a normal thing for me to do anyway, so not a problem) and the rep never showed. I commented on it to the barista who said, "Oh, yeah, I saw them poke their heads in and look around then they left again."

Contemplating whether to make it 0-for-3 in a couple weeks at a different town hall meet-up I've put on my calendar.

Is it me? Is this a strategy and somehow I need to get on the super-secret "we'll tell you when and where it really is" email list? I mean, this is super-blue California so I don't think my reps are chickening out. But I'm not feeling the love.

Comments

[heleninwales]

It's possible they're using Whatsapp or Discord/Slack or something similar for last minute changes to arrangement and you're not included in whatever means of communication they're using in addition to emails. Either that or they're just very disorganised.

[hudebnik]

On a trip to Spain two years ago, we signed up for a guided tour and almost missed it because they slightly changed the meeting place and announced the change on WhatsApp, because everybody has and uses WhatsApp. It didn't even occur to them to ask whether we had it installed, or to tell us that was their preferred channel of communication.