Plan Your Meetings

I almost lost my luggage on my way to the MPI World Education Congress in Montreal. Debarking from my flight behind most of the other passengers, I wound up in the back of the line through customs and arrived late at the luggage carousel. After watching it go round and round with the same few pieces, I finally accepted the fact that mine was not among them. I was about to go to the Delta desk when my quick-thinking husband took a name and phone number from a tag on a piece of luggage that was similar to mine. Yep, the guy’s wife had hurriedly grabbed the wrong bag (same shape, similar color) even though mine had a pink nametag that, I thought, set it off. The good news was we caught them as they were headed out of the city, and they quickly turned their car around so we could exchange bags. Lesson: Always check the nametag.