This weeks business trip zzzzzzzz
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Just woke up, 3:25am wondering where I am.
Last Sunday - Frankfurt to Philadelphia.
Monday - Philadelphia to San Francisco.
Tuesday - Sacramento.
Today - San Francisco to Philadelphia.
Thursday Philadelphia to Chicago.
Friday Chicago to Philadelphia.
Saturday Philadelphia to Frankfurt.
Sunday Frankfurt to Manchester.
So far, haven't slapped past 4:00am
Still got Delhi belly from the India trip 3 weeks ago but lost 13lbs so can nearly see my feet
Last Sunday - Frankfurt to Philadelphia.
Monday - Philadelphia to San Francisco.
Tuesday - Sacramento.
Today - San Francisco to Philadelphia.
Thursday Philadelphia to Chicago.
Friday Chicago to Philadelphia.
Saturday Philadelphia to Frankfurt.
Sunday Frankfurt to Manchester.
So far, haven't slapped past 4:00am
Still got Delhi belly from the India trip 3 weeks ago but lost 13lbs so can nearly see my feet
t into touch - I feel for you!!EnthusiastOwned said:
This sounds really exciting and interesting to me. I am stuck in the same old office in grey old Sheffield 5 days a week, mind you. I bet it wears thin pretty quickly though.
What do you do, out of interest?
Replace 'old office in grey old Sheffield' with 'inside of plane, hotel, office somewhere' and you have it nailed What do you do, out of interest?
Hope I don't sound like I'm whining ?
I do enjoy my job.
In between the flights, there are plenty if good bits.
Yesterday was a nice drive from Sacramento to SF.
Picked up a couple of pairs if shorts for our holiday in July from the Tommy Bahamas outlet in Vacaville on the way
Dinner at the Miramar Beach Restaurant in Half Moon Bay followed by a couple of hours walking around Fishermans Warf.
Been 'looking after' North America for 11 years now as an Application Engineer and Sales Rep in the Passenger Rail Industry.
Gone from an annual loss to annual multi £M profits.
My boss added India a couple of years back as a "reward" !
Much prefer this to being in the office.
Got a German colleague with ne this week. It gets embarrassing when every bar man calls out your name wherever we go.
I do enjoy my job.
In between the flights, there are plenty if good bits.
Yesterday was a nice drive from Sacramento to SF.
Picked up a couple of pairs if shorts for our holiday in July from the Tommy Bahamas outlet in Vacaville on the way
Dinner at the Miramar Beach Restaurant in Half Moon Bay followed by a couple of hours walking around Fishermans Warf.
Been 'looking after' North America for 11 years now as an Application Engineer and Sales Rep in the Passenger Rail Industry.
Gone from an annual loss to annual multi £M profits.
My boss added India a couple of years back as a "reward" !
Much prefer this to being in the office.
Got a German colleague with ne this week. It gets embarrassing when every bar man calls out your name wherever we go.
I know where your coming from...just done this in the last 10 days
London - San Francisco
San Francisco - Sydney
Sydney - Auckland
Auckland - Wellington
Wellington - Christchurch
Christchurch - Los Angeles
Los Angeles - London
The biggest kicker is the travel is such as rush, rarely get to see much of the places I am in.
London - San Francisco
San Francisco - Sydney
Sydney - Auckland
Auckland - Wellington
Wellington - Christchurch
Christchurch - Los Angeles
Los Angeles - London
The biggest kicker is the travel is such as rush, rarely get to see much of the places I am in.
so called said:
Yesterday was a nice drive from Sacramento to SF.
Picked up a couple of pairs if shorts for our holiday in July from the Tommy Bahamas outlet in Vacaville on the way
Next time you're in the Bay Area, pop over the bridge to Sausalito, find the Light House Cafe and have breakfast. Its wonderful.Picked up a couple of pairs if shorts for our holiday in July from the Tommy Bahamas outlet in Vacaville on the way
EnthusiastOwned said:
This sounds really exciting and interesting to me. I am stuck in the same old office in grey old Sheffield 5 days a week, mind you. I bet it wears thin pretty quickly though.
Having done the travel-for-work thing it is be exciting and interesting...for a few weeks. Then you realise that, in order to get the most out of your time your days become:Get up early to catch flight on a plane that looks like every other plane, from an airport that looks like every other airport.
Get taxi to/from the airport that looks like every other taxi.
Spend all day trapped in an office that looks like every other office, in a meeting room that looks like every other meeting room, not even getting out at lunch time as they have ordered sandwiches in to save time. Yes, the sandwiches look exactly the same too.
Eventually escape and go to the chain hotel work have booked, that could be anywhere but WILL be in the middle of a dead-past-6pm edge-of-town office park.
Sit in hotel room watching TV and working out how much you're paying in mortgage/rent per time actually spent at home/listing all the things you would be doing if you were at home that night/wondering why hotels will only give you going-out-for-a-meal portions in the restaurant when what you want is a try-and-stay-in-the-same-sized-trousers portion.
Quite quickely you find that the only difference is that while you're sat in the same grey old office 5 days a week but get to go home at night, the traveller's stuck in someone else's grey old office 5 days a week - and a grey old hotel room 4 nights a week.
On the plus side if you're only home Friday night to Monday morning it's amazing how long a roll of toilet paper will last in the bathroom!
Edited by //j17 on Thursday 14th May 13:44
Huntsman said:
Next time you're in the Bay Area, pop over the bridge to Sausalito, find the Light House Cafe and have breakfast. Its wonderful.
Hahaha I was describing exactly this to my colleague. We just didn't have the time.Lovely place.
Oh, waste line ? I'm trying not to put back on the 13lb I just lost in India. !!! Don't think it's working
//j17 said:
EnthusiastOwned said:
This sounds really exciting and interesting to me. I am stuck in the same old office in grey old Sheffield 5 days a week, mind you. I bet it wears thin pretty quickly though.
Having done the travel-for-work thing it is be exciting and interesting...for a few weeks. Then you realise that, in order to get the most out of your time your days become:Get up early to catch flight on a plane that looks like every other plane, from an airport that looks like every other airport.
Get taxi to/from the airport that looks like every other taxi.
Spend all day trapped in an office that looks like every other office, in a meeting room that looks like every other meeting room, not even getting out at lunch time as they have ordered sandwiches in to save time. Yes, the sandwiches look exactly the same too.
Eventually escape and go to the chain hotel work have booked, that could be anywhere but WILL be in the middle of a dead-past-6pm edge-of-town office park.
Sit in hotel room watching TV and working out how much you're paying in mortgage/rent per time actually spent at home/listing all the things you would be doing if you were at home that night/wondering why hotels will only give you going-out-for-a-meal portions in the restaurant when what you want is a try-and-stay-in-the-same-sized-trousers portion.
Quite quickely you find that the only difference is that while you're sat in the same grey old office 5 days a week but get to go home at night, the traveller's stuck in someone else's grey old office 5 days a week - and a grey old hotel room 4 nights a week.
On the plus side if you're only home Friday night to Monday morning it's amazing how long a roll of toilet paper will last in the bathroom!
Edited by //j17 on Thursday 14th May 13:44
The only difference for me is that we get to choose our hotels within a budget meaning we can stay in nice hotels in decent locations. Bit pointless really when you're ariving late and leaving early each day and don't get to use or see any of the facilities!
It does occasionally have its perks granted. But for the most part business travel is a tedious round of taxis, airports, aircraft, hotels and meeting rooms. God bless Skype and cheap european mobile internet these days to dull the boredom.
I did get my work to pay for me to go snowboarding in Japan earlier this year though.
Cyder said:
//j17 said:
EnthusiastOwned said:
This sounds really exciting and interesting to me. I am stuck in the same old office in grey old Sheffield 5 days a week, mind you. I bet it wears thin pretty quickly though.
Having done the travel-for-work thing it is be exciting and interesting...for a few weeks. Then you realise that, in order to get the most out of your time your days become:Get up early to catch flight on a plane that looks like every other plane, from an airport that looks like every other airport.
Get taxi to/from the airport that looks like every other taxi.
Spend all day trapped in an office that looks like every other office, in a meeting room that looks like every other meeting room, not even getting out at lunch time as they have ordered sandwiches in to save time. Yes, the sandwiches look exactly the same too.
Eventually escape and go to the chain hotel work have booked, that could be anywhere but WILL be in the middle of a dead-past-6pm edge-of-town office park.
Sit in hotel room watching TV and working out how much you're paying in mortgage/rent per time actually spent at home/listing all the things you would be doing if you were at home that night/wondering why hotels will only give you going-out-for-a-meal portions in the restaurant when what you want is a try-and-stay-in-the-same-sized-trousers portion.
Quite quickely you find that the only difference is that while you're sat in the same grey old office 5 days a week but get to go home at night, the traveller's stuck in someone else's grey old office 5 days a week - and a grey old hotel room 4 nights a week.
On the plus side if you're only home Friday night to Monday morning it's amazing how long a roll of toilet paper will last in the bathroom!
Edited by //j17 on Thursday 14th May 13:44
The only difference for me is that we get to choose our hotels within a budget meaning we can stay in nice hotels in decent locations. Bit pointless really when you're ariving late and leaving early each day and don't get to use or see any of the facilities!
It does occasionally have its perks granted. But for the most part business travel is a tedious round of taxis, airports, aircraft, hotels and meeting rooms. God bless Skype and cheap european mobile internet these days to dull the boredom.
I did get my work to pay for me to go snowboarding in Japan earlier this year though.
So, as I work out of hotel rooms quite often, and I have a meeting in Miami on a Tuesday, I may arrive in Miami on the Friday before arguing that it doesnt matter which hotel room I'm locked in
Plus, I do a fair bit of driving between cities in the North America so get to see some of the country that way.
Having a morning meeting down town Los Angeles normally then finds me parked up on Malibu beach in my rental come mobile office
so called said:
Just woke up, 3:25am wondering where I am.
Last Sunday - Frankfurt to Philadelphia.
Monday - Philadelphia to San Francisco.
Tuesday - Sacramento.
Today - San Francisco to Philadelphia.
Thursday Philadelphia to Chicago.
Friday Chicago to Philadelphia.
Saturday Philadelphia to Frankfurt.
Sunday Frankfurt to Manchester.
So far, haven't slapped past 4:00am
Still got Delhi belly from the India trip 3 weeks ago but lost 13lbs so can nearly see my feet
They all look like interesting places except the last one on the list.Last Sunday - Frankfurt to Philadelphia.
Monday - Philadelphia to San Francisco.
Tuesday - Sacramento.
Today - San Francisco to Philadelphia.
Thursday Philadelphia to Chicago.
Friday Chicago to Philadelphia.
Saturday Philadelphia to Frankfurt.
Sunday Frankfurt to Manchester.
So far, haven't slapped past 4:00am
Still got Delhi belly from the India trip 3 weeks ago but lost 13lbs so can nearly see my feet
Depressingsville Uk
//j17 said:
Having done the travel-for-work thing it is be exciting and interesting...for a few weeks. Then you realise that, in order to get the most out of your time your days become:
Get up early to catch flight on a plane that looks like every other plane, from an airport that looks like every other airport.
Get taxi to/from the airport that looks like every other taxi.
Spend all day trapped in an office that looks like every other office, in a meeting room that looks like every other meeting room, not even getting out at lunch time as they have ordered sandwiches in to save time. Yes, the sandwiches look exactly the same too.
Eventually escape and go to the chain hotel work have booked, that could be anywhere but WILL be in the middle of a dead-past-6pm edge-of-town office park.
Sit in hotel room watching TV and working out how much you're paying in mortgage/rent per time actually spent at home/listing all the things you would be doing if you were at home that night/wondering why hotels will only give you going-out-for-a-meal portions in the restaurant when what you want is a try-and-stay-in-the-same-sized-trousers portion.
Quite quickely you find that the only difference is that while you're sat in the same grey old office 5 days a week but get to go home at night, the traveller's stuck in someone else's grey old office 5 days a week - and a grey old hotel room 4 nights a week.
On the plus side if you're only home Friday night to Monday morning it's amazing how long a roll of toilet paper will last in the bathroom!
I know those feels bro...Get up early to catch flight on a plane that looks like every other plane, from an airport that looks like every other airport.
Get taxi to/from the airport that looks like every other taxi.
Spend all day trapped in an office that looks like every other office, in a meeting room that looks like every other meeting room, not even getting out at lunch time as they have ordered sandwiches in to save time. Yes, the sandwiches look exactly the same too.
Eventually escape and go to the chain hotel work have booked, that could be anywhere but WILL be in the middle of a dead-past-6pm edge-of-town office park.
Sit in hotel room watching TV and working out how much you're paying in mortgage/rent per time actually spent at home/listing all the things you would be doing if you were at home that night/wondering why hotels will only give you going-out-for-a-meal portions in the restaurant when what you want is a try-and-stay-in-the-same-sized-trousers portion.
Quite quickely you find that the only difference is that while you're sat in the same grey old office 5 days a week but get to go home at night, the traveller's stuck in someone else's grey old office 5 days a week - and a grey old hotel room 4 nights a week.
On the plus side if you're only home Friday night to Monday morning it's amazing how long a roll of toilet paper will last in the bathroom!
Edited by //j17 on Thursday 14th May 13:44
This year has been:
Los Angeles
New York
Copenhagen Denmark
Stuttgart Germany
Turku Finland
Somewhere in Sweden
Stuttgart Germany
And back to NY in a couple of weeks. Seen some pretty cool places but the truth is, the day job doesn't just stop so evenings are catching up email and trying to stay on top of what all the projects need and customers demand (I'm a project manager). Escalation calls at the airport are always fun.
The hardest bit for me personally is being away from my little ones
Los Angeles
New York
Copenhagen Denmark
Stuttgart Germany
Turku Finland
Somewhere in Sweden
Stuttgart Germany
And back to NY in a couple of weeks. Seen some pretty cool places but the truth is, the day job doesn't just stop so evenings are catching up email and trying to stay on top of what all the projects need and customers demand (I'm a project manager). Escalation calls at the airport are always fun.
The hardest bit for me personally is being away from my little ones
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