To keep things in perspective on flyday: Been trying to leave San Juan for days: SJU running on generator, hundreds sleeping on floor for days, no A/C, ATMs, mainly food for purchase. Few (>10) CONT.

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Commercial flights allowed out. Thankfully, plenty of military/aid flights. The few flights are checking people in manually (using pen and paper).

I don't want your sympathy (not the brightest move to go to the Caribbean during peak hurricane season haha - but that's another story). Also fortunate to be staying at a hotel with a generator and wifi.

I just get tired of going on FB and hearing people complain about petty things like slow boarding, shitty airline food. There's hundreds of others at SJU who haven't been able to contact their loved ones or get back home. There's almost no cell reception on the island. Just my post of the day. Puerto Rico needs help.

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Your 🐠 friends are sending best wishes. Our thoughts are with PR and with you!

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If you don't want to hear about consultant issues, maybe you should avoid fishbowl while in a disaster area

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EY1 - alright asshole. I'm saying this in general when every week people complain about trivial shit. Whether I'm in a disaster area is irrelevant

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EY1 isn't wrong though.

Every week people post about trivial shit and every week someone comes in with a "there are people REALLY struggling out there and your FB complaints are trivial in comparison" post.

If you're not looking for sympathy or a pat on the back and are truly tired of FB, stay off FB. 🤷‍♀️

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I’m so sorry OP!!! Gluck with everything. Hope you can get out of there soon

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Good luck, OP! Your post definitely puts things in perspective.

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You can complain about big and small things. Puerto Rico is a big thing, and my heart goes out to the island, but complaints about shitty customer service are still valid, if less important complaints.

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OP is just offering some perspective. Don’t get your panties all wadded up EY1. And remember, you’re not that important.

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Also met a civilian who needed evac from St Marteen because their airport was wiped out. He was stuck there for 12 days before making it to PR but made it back to the mainland right before Maria

Also meant <10 not greater than. Too late to edit lol

I agree with EY1. Wish Puerto Rico the best and hopefully OP gets home safe and sound but this perspective has nothing to do with the issues we face with poor customer service, delays, etc.

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