THIS SUCKS but Thailand doesn't

So last night I'm just hanging around at the airport in Kolkata waiting for the time when I can checkin. Around 11:30 PM, that procedure began. It was smooth process but long because there were lots of people. I made it to the ticket counter and was issued my boarding pass and I proceeded to immigration. No problems. I made it up to the gate and was looking for a seat when I heard what I thought might have been my name being called. Kinda hard to tell what with the accent and bad acoustics. I saw the guy making the announcement and approached him. I had my passport out and said "Are you talkin' to me?" OK, I didn't say that but it was my name he had called. No big deal. It just looks as though THE REST OF MY PLANE TICKET HAS BEEN VOIDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't leave India. You know my attempts at using the phones on this trip haven't met with the greatest succes and last night was no exception. Caling US 800 numbers doesn't work and I didn't have the local number for United Airlines. I wound up trying to call my travel agent. That made the most sense because while it was 1:30 am local by this time, it was 11 am in Corvallis but apparently they take an early lunch at that place because I could only get the automated switchboard and when I tried to use their employee directory to get the desk of my travel agent, it appears she no longer works there AND the option to speak to an operator was and invalid entry. I really really hate automated phone stuff. I wound up buying a ticket to get here and although I still have not resolved anything about my ticket (which is really bad because I have to have proof of an onward ticket to enter Vietnam) for the moment I'm trying to let it go after having finally sent out distress calls to a couple of places. I want to enjoy Bangkok if I can and not spend my time stressing over this ticket. After India, Bangkok is like entering another world. One the taxi ride from the airport to my 4 star hotel (hee hee hee) there was a stretch of just two blocks where I saw two Starbucks and a Burger King! I'd been up for over 24 hours by that time and seeing that combined with this whole airline ticket fiasco, I just started giggling.

And that was my entry into Thailand.