Stranded in Seattle

[JoeyBryant]

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[leigh.bess.toad]

Joey --

 

I'm really sorry about your disaster in Seattle. But there is one person who may be able to provide a bit of aid and comfort. You say you don't know anyone in Seattle. You say you are staying near Sea-Tac. Daddy himself lives probably about 10 miles or less from Sea-Tac. Daddy does watch out for his boys. I really think you need to try to get hold of him ASAP.

 

Just a suggestion. Good luck and hope everything gets resolved soon.

[JoeyBryant]

Thanks Leigh! I had no idea. I thought I read something about that when I typed up Seattle but I just remember him being in California.

 

The good news is things are looking a bit better than they did just 3 hours ago and even more so than this morning. I believe at this point I may just have the upper hand on things. I just want to go home, this wasn't the vacation I'd even slightly imagined.

 

I know it sounds silly but as an escort I'm hesitant to asking for help as I know things can change from one day to the next (or 1 hour to the next), but sometimes just the mere asking of it has the ability to change things...even if the help doesn't come from the audience I intended it to go to.

[Diverdan]

Joey,

I am so sorry to hear about this situation, especially since Seattle is one of my all time favorite places to visit. Lee gave you a good suggestion, and I hope some of the other Forum members in Seattle may be able to help you out too. Never hesitate to ask for help... and good luck in getting this all straightened out.

DD

[seeker630]

Hope you are physically ok. 3 people were killed in my area last week when a a big-rig plowed into a line of stopped traffic at 65 mph. One car was so badly mangled and burned they couldn't determine the make until they accessed DMV records.

 

Despite your ordeal, you are fortunate in some ways.

 

Hope things improve soon!

[JoeyBryant]

yeah at this point I'll never look at another semi the same again. I just feel so 'disabled' without my car. I can't even think straight and can't even schedule anything because I don't have enough control. I mean, I'm trying to do the best I can anyway.

 

I thought I had a flight out of here this morning for $209. But then when I clicked on it, the fare was not only gone but switched from Frontier to US Airways

[Guest ChgoBoy]

Joey - If you could package, market and then sell all of your personal drama under a "Joey Bryant" Brand - you would never have to sell your ass ever again.

 

Perhaps a spray cologne that repels and assaults anyone and everyone within, say, a two foot distance?

 

Btw - your escort career might be "totaled" but, whomever owns that Camry, has a very different reality of it's worth and cost of repair.

[BSR]

Wow, what's going on with that response, ChgoBoy? I know that Joey posts quite often to this board, but since I haven't read quite a number of his posts, perhaps there's a backstory here that I'm unfamiliar with.

 

True, we gays tend to like drama just a wee too much. But when I roll my eyes in response to DRAMA, it's because someone is making a mountain out of a molehill, dealing with a situation by means of emotional hysteria instead of calm, rational thinking. Joey seems to be reacting to his (not-at-fault) accident in a reasonably level-headed manner. Unfortunately, Murphy's Law seems to have taken hold of his circumstances such that things went from bad to so much worse. Nonetheless, Joey appears to be handling it OK.

 

As for the request for donations, well, we're all adults here, and most of us have been around the block more than once. I was raised to NEVER ask people for money. If I ever found myself in a total SH*T situation like Joey's, I am lucky enough to have people in my life who could wire me money at the drop of a hat (on the condition, of course, that I pay them back). But not everyone is that fortunate. And in a really sh*tty situation, even 20 bucks can make a world of difference. A lot of guys on this board have been conned by escorts, or at least have read the rip-off tales here. Maybe Joey is being a bit overdramatic about his situation. Maybe he made the whole damn thing up (and conveniently came across a pic of a crunched vehicle) just to take advantage of the kindness of strangers. Or maybe, just maybe, he's in an absolute sh*thole of a situation and is hoping for some help. In any case, if someone on this board chooses to give Joey money, it's probably safe to assume that he makes that donation with eyes wide open.

 

By the way, I didn't give Joey any money. But I wish him all the best with his totally lousy situation.

[JoeyBryant]

I am not at all offended by the remark that was made to me. One of the things about asking for help is swallowing pride and not being discouraged from saying no. And within a matter of hours I felt comfortable enough to retract it.

 

Hope you are physically ok. 3 people were killed in my area last week when a a big-rig plowed into a line of stopped traffic at 65 mph. One car was so badly mangled and burned they couldn't determine the make until they accessed DMV records.

 

I couldn't imagine. The speed I was going and the speed the semi was going had to have only been a 5 mph difference. But it was so powerful that it literally pushed me off the road. I had no idea back wheels lose traction when you're rear ended because I never have been. I spent the latter part of this past winter driving in heavy snow among Colorado's front range and if you don't stop properly on an icy road, the first thing you lose on a FWD is back wheel traction. And it was very similar to that, except that there was no way to correct it going 70 mph! If you drive 70 mph on an icy road and don't have good traction you crash. And that's exactly what it felt like except this was on a perfectly dry road.

 

Regardless, even after I first wrote this post things immediately turned around as I mentioned earlier. The reason I asked here was in the event that all else failed...someone could, maybe not send me money; but just at least have someone in the area until flights went down...which only took about 36 hours. Flights go down toward mid-week...but I'd pretty much ran dry by Monday morning. The fact that Daddy lived nearby was great. And even though I didn't ask him for anything...who knows?

 

But I'll say thank goodness (or thank regulars for that matter) for...well, regulars! As well as new people, whom I didn't even need to bring up the topic to for them to step-forward. I should have known not to be so worried!

 

I was kinda hesitant to even talk about it here anyway...but I wasn't looking for pity as much as someone local in the area. The pity payout comes at a later time...In the form of pain and suffering and the ticket the idiot who hit me got...which was over $750.

 

Rather than assume I made the whole thing up...let me give you a lesson. Seat belts save lives! Damn sure saved mine.

 

Lest you believe I was making it up...you're welcome to check out my blog again.