M00seknuckle, NSFW!! safari/police custody

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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:50 pm

Okay, Frumpy's tried his phone again and was put through to the voicemail service every time. Could it be a good sign that he's "off work" and is now travelling to Cotonou? Let's hope so!

I wrote the following to him, being somewhat concerned about his welfare...

Jack wrote:

Dear Peter,

Okay, it looks like you have your phone switched off. I'll try maybe later tonight, check that you have arrived in Benin. Remember that the shuttle bus from Cotonou up to here in Pendjari has already picked up the other guests who were arriving today (we've had confirmation from the driver that everyone was there except for one person... that'll be you, obviously!), but that we will schedule another bus to pick you up tomorrow at the same time and the same place. I'm a little bit worried about where you will sleep tonight until the bus pick-up time tomorrow, but perhaps you know of somewhere to stay? If you have to spend any money on a hotel, for example, remember to keep the receipt and when you arrive here, we'll refund those expenses. I just hope you've brought enough money with you to afford stuff like that.

I hope to talk to you later,

Jack

I wrote a few other short emails earlier, each before Frumpy tried to call, and I've had no response to any of them. This, too, might mean he's on his way, as he's clearly not throwing any more excuses at us.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:19 pm

Well, my optimism was slightly misplaced. He's just sent this...

Lad wrote:

Hello Jack,
I am in Benin now and i am waiting for the bus to pick me up.

Peter

But the IP address shows he hasn't moved an inch from where all of his other emails have come from so far. Grrr, as they say.

Reply sent:

JacK wrote:

Dear Peter,

Where in Benin are you? I hope it's Cotonou. You've already missed today's bus, that was on time and picked our guests up at 3:45 as planned. They should be arriving here soon. YOU should have been on that bus.

I'm going to ask the Simba Resort people to send out another bus, but it won't be until tomorrow, same time and same place as today's was planned. I would try to get it there earlier but the drivers are all local people and are very rigid about their working conditions. I hope you understand.

Let me know if everything is okay, and remember to keep all your receipts so you can be refunded as soon as you arrive here.

Sincerely,

Jack

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:32 pm

Do Nigerian numbers starting with 80 have anything special? Skype won´t let me in, I always get the "voicemail" announcement and then it hangs up.
Possibly because of this reason ?

Skype Help wrote:

Unfortunately Skype does not support calls to all number ranges in every country. There are a select number of premium priced or geographic/country specific numbers which are forbidden and cannot be reached using SkypeOut at this time. If the number you are calling is not supported we apologize for that and suggest that you use a different method to call that number.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:28 pm

Peter is in Benin ! (This makes 5 now. Five!) Very Happy

41.216.32.198 Benin

And he has met Allce Very Happy

Quote:

Hello Jack,
i want you to understand that i am wondering about rigth now as am writing; simply because I did not keep to time but on my arrival in front of the N0v0tel Hotell I met a group of three people headed by Mrs Allce and she told me they have been waiting all day. Well
be it as it may, I want you to make plan and pick us tomorrow. Kindly communicate the time.

Please tell me the point of picking and vehicle discription because these people are even more stranded and they have been with the gateman of the N0v0otel hotel, since morning but could not see the bus.

try and get back to me on how faster we can locate you people:

Regards;
Peter

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:31 pm

Congratulations on the safari! Very Happy

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:34 pm

Peter, Peter, Peter... you disappointed me only to make the revealing all the more sweet!

And nice to know he met Alice Idris and her gang of associates. How cosy it must be outside that hotel!

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:34 pm

Now I don´t dare to call him any more...do you? Very Happy

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:36 pm

Alice reports in,

Ladette wrote:

Dear Jack,

I have waited for the whole of today without success. I don't know why. Have you heard from the shuttle people. Please I need more information about the pickup, I have been waiting all day. I am telling you the truth, I am stranded.

Mrs. Alice Idris.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:49 pm

Poor Alice. Some soothing words for her...

Jack wrote:

Dear Alice,

Where are you? You weren't on the bus when it arrived here a short while ago. Neither were a few of our other guests that we were expecting. The driver says he picked up everyone who was waiting at the designated place at the right time... where were you? I'm so worried, and I feel so awful that you are stranded out there.

I spoke to the Simba Resort people and told them that we REALLY need to send a shuttle out to collect you and the other missing people, but the drivers are refusing to work outside of their contract hours. I would jump in a bus and drive down there myself if I were insured to do so, but... I can't, that would be very irresponsible.

So, we've got another bus arranged to pick you and the others up tomorrow at the same place, at the same time. I can't get these drivers to change their working conditions no matter what I say to them. Sorry about this. But hang in there, Alice, and we'll get you sorted out, don't worry!

Sincerely,

Jack

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:51 pm

Oh my. this is better than I had imagined.

do you think they could give us a group picture?

with all the money we paid Slmba for the event he could have gotten more reliable transportation... Wink

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:56 pm

^^^ Frumpy is going to try to call Peter if he ever sends a working number, and then ask if he can be passed on to Alice. Just to make sure they're all okay, you know how it is. Almost a group photo.

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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:38 pm

I´ve been trying the boys (and girls) for over an hour, either they are not available or Allce doesn´t pick it, it rings and rings for minutes and costing 12 cents / minute all the time, I hope the expenses are on MM Smile

Maybe it´s a public phone and she would only take it if the display shows a local number, to save the batteries??
Hopefully they reply to OF´s emails so we can send them the bus again tomorrow (and the day after again).
I´m sure the driver simply left out that one hotel, he says there weren´t any people Very Happy

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:32 pm

we need to get them out of C0tonou.

a few options i've been thinking.

1 the Slmba shuttle is unable to meet them in C0tonou and they must travel to xxx city to be collected

2 the Slmba shuttle is broken and they must travel to xxx to catch the private airplane we hired to bring them to us.

option 2, I see as an issue in that they may need to talk to someone on the phone.

if they miss the event (which i forsee happening), one of our L0me agents has accepted the money in their honor and they can collect it at his office.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:48 pm

Alice continues to whine and worry that she might have to sell her belongings:

Ladette wrote:

Please dear Jack, all is telling on me now. The people i came with are really hanging on me and it will be worst if at the end of tomorrow nothing happened, atleast making this a real journey. I don't know what to say now but I wish we will see tomorrow so that you can rightly appraise my present condition. I have made a special clothe for this for all my group hoping that we will be with you since yesterday.

I will like to know how we can identify the bus, I will be at the outside of the hotel entrance as I was today. Among those said to be joining us, I saw only a young man who introduced himself as Peter from Nigeria and I was the first person he met at the gate of the hotel to ask for the shuttle admitting he has been late.

Please Jack, I am staying here on credit with our remaining belongings as colletral, in any case, the programme change inform me on time tomorrow before 9am so that I will know what to do so that we can be going back even if it is to sale anything remaining with me. I really need your help.

Thanks,
Mrs. Idris

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:06 pm

Currently we are discussing modalities...this leaves so much to be seen... Smile

and so many chances to do a mistake....a terrible situation! Yes! I would love to see this outfit she claims she made for MM...each suggestion of MGK´s is great...I´d at least love to hear them complain...I´d also like to post their original trunk box & NOK formats here...I need 10 heads right now Very Happy

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:19 pm

emails from pat were sent to the prince and Fr@nk asking where they are.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:19 pm

On to Parakou, I say! The shuttle bus broke down and it will take two weeks to repair. The camp has a jeep, but must remain close to the camp to take departing customers to the airport up there. The jeep can pick them up in Parakou on xx day, at xxpm. sorry, they will have to take the bus to parakou to catch the jeep. Please save all receipts for reimbursement, and don't forget if you come the day before and stay at xxxhotel, save the receipts, as the driver will pay the hotel and any meals that you charge. or something like that.... Cool

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:32 am

hoping I can throw in my two cents: Maybe a thread that works this well could have a website ala 5imba (which is gorgeous by the way, am thinking of holidaying there myself!) Laughing

for future baits of course...

I can't do it @ work unfortunately, but if whoever did the first one couldn't I might be able to try set up something after I stop temping next week (i'm a multimedia student when not temping). The "forms" could be on there for download and maybe a downloadble Mp3 of the companies ad.

Just a thought

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:21 am

^^^ There is a site, actually, but Frumpy and mewing_ghecko found that the lads were very reluctant to download the forms from it. But getting some other media uploaded to add more credibility is a great idea!

After some discussion with Frumpy and mewing_ghecko, we decide to try for a photo of the "special clothe" that Alice says she has made for her group...

Jack wrote:

Dear Alice,

I am pleased to read another of your messages.
How are you and the others? I hope you slept well and didn't worry too much about this situation.

Alice! You missed a great evening last night! All the sponsors and the advertisers and EVERYONE was there at the welcoming dinner and for the party afterwards. And I saw all of them, I mean even the ones who had shown such great interest in you and your work.

You see, there were a few people there from some big name companies who had come here especially to meet you and your people. When you didn't show, they were very upset and annoyed and I think they intend to leave today because the whole point of them coming was to meet such a promising employee.

I managed to arrange a meeting with them before they leave (I'm meeting them at 3pm) and I hope I can persuade them to stay and keep to their original plans which involved using you and your people quite extensively in their ad campaigns.

Alice, I have a favor to ask of you. There's no way you can get up here before these people leave, I realize that, but would it be possible to send me some more photographs, especially of your group of people dressed in the special clothes you made for the event? It doesn't have to be professional quality... even the camera from a cellphone would be okay for this purpose. I want to show the adverstisers that you were REALLY willing to get here last night and that you had brought some other people and ... well, I just want to show them that you were genuinely trying your best to get here but bad luck seems to have stopped you.
Can you do this, Alice? I really hope. Not only will it save the reputation of my company in their eyes, it will also mean that they might still want to use you and your group for their campaigns. Please don't let both of us down, Alice.

So please think about this seriously... if you can send us some pictures (even from a cameraphone, it doesn't matter) of your group posing and modeling in the clothes you made, then I might be able to recover something good from this mess.
Also, if you still want to come up here and meet us (I'll understand if you don't want to do that now) then make sure you're there for the re-scheduled bus, same place and same time as yesterday.

I hope you make the right choices, Alice. For both of our sakes.

Take care,

Jack

And I want to know where Peter is. I hope he hasn't decided to go home, as it's only a few hours away in Lagos.

Jack wrote:

Dear Peter!

I haven't heard from you since yesterday. Are you okay? Did you manage to find somewhere to stay? Perhaps you're sharing a room with Alice and her group? Let me know, please, because I'm really worried. I feel that you being stranded in Cotonou is partially my fault and that's making me feel bad. I want to make sure you're okay so please reply. Try to send me a working telephone number, too. I tried calling the only number I have for you but it didn't work. Is it because it was a Nigerian number and you're in Benin? Anyway, please reply and let me know you're safe.

Also, remember that I have rescheduled a shuttle for you and Alice's people for today, same place same time. Please don't be angry, and please don't disappoint us by deciding you're not interested any more. This was just a little bit of bad luck and I'm sure we can work past it and maybe even laugh about it in a year's time.

I hope to hear from you soon,

Jack

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:47 am

Well I'm happy to record an "advertisement" mp3 for the site. If it'll help

but my aussie accent might be a bit of a giveaway! If it isn't all I need is a script, as a community radio announcer here in Melbourne (no pay, all the Cds you can eat), I've been told I have a good voice for radio Cool

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:59 am

Thanks for the offer! It's something that will have to be discussed at the next board meeting (= when mewing_ghecko and Frumpy wake up), though.

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:23 am

Frumpy and Co,

Fabulous safari. clapping

Quote:

....Almost no content in the (Alice) call, 2 minutes in toto.......

Your male models are going to need a lot more staying power than that... Laughing

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:54 am

@ OF - I had a hangover from yesterday´s gala party Smile

@ Wright B. Hindyou - thanks Very Happy

We are lucky to have some satisfied customers. Hopefully, their work ethos is not spoiled yet.
@ Internationalchrysis - Hi! Yes, it´s a great idea Very Happy

Possibly some Macarena background music and a voice going like
"Thank you for calling MM...(20 seconds of Macarena)...all our lines are currently busy...(20 more seconds)....MM offers you the best service in the woirld...(20 more seconds)...Nokia, Mercedes AND David Beckham can´t be wrong!...(20 more seconds)...your position in the queue is...(30 seconds)...seven..."

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