[I just want to get home]

Flyer Todd,
do they ever do anything to make up for it?
i just had a flight cancelled and had to fly to another city to get a flight home the NEXT DAY. missed work (and pay) the next day... plus a lot of other crap i won't go into now.
I'm always offered free plane tickets to voluntarily give up my seat on overbooked flights? do they ever compensate you for involuntarily giving up your seat? i only ask because i've spent the last week trying to contat them and of course they make that impossible, unless you want to mail them a letter.
any info you have would be appreciated
thanks