Korea - What the hell did I get myself into?!

Just to catch up....
So it was bad enough that I took the job at Samsung knowing that I'd have to leave to Korea for 6 weeks, but It got kinda real when my boss told me that the plans changed and I'll be going for 3 months.  I was conveniently told at 5pm on Friday, which only gave me the weekend to stew and figure out how to tell Vickie.

Anyway, fast forward to the Korea.  The "plan" from our fearless leader was to all meet at baggage claim and take the shuttle bus from Incheon Intl Airport to Suwon (about $100 cab ride otherwise).  I got off the plane, straight to the passport line, straight to baggage claim...and NOBODY was there.  Didn't know at the time, but they were out on the second curb waiting for the shuttle while I frantically run up and down the curb and inside of the building hauling all my bags.  It wouldn't have been such a big deal except that I was in a completely foreign country for the first time with absolutely no way to communicate with people who were trying to help me.  I finally found a taxi to get me to the hotel, which of course cost over $100 because of tolls and the fact that I looked like a helpless idiot at the time.  

So I get to the hotel and guess who is checking in...."ahhh, there you are.  where were you? You missed the bus"  This is what our "leader" says to me.  I managed to keep from putting my hands around his neck enough to let him know that leaving me at the airport in a foreign country was "not cool".  He apologized and promised me dinner...which still hasn't happened.

The icing???  Well, we were told the previous week that our shuttle would leave at 7:15am every morning.  Well, there was an announcement made...on the bus...that the Monday shuttle would be at 6:30am to accommodate a VP who was going to speak to us first thing...ya know..the whole first impression thing?!  So I wake up around 6:30, get down to breakfast and nobody is there!  I rush  down to the front desk and they tell me that I missed the bus and need to take a taxi to work ($25).  So I haven't even worked a minute and i'm down almost $150 on cab fare.

So much for my 'great experience' getting off to a smooth start....but that's just the beginning...