Paris Field Trip

richlevy · 03-15-2007, 05:06 PM

I remember a colleague I served with on a committee. He was complaining that he was being sent to Paris again. Now it may be because his wife was expecting and/or this might have been his 5th or 6th trip, but I did find the comment odd.

Of course later I went from never having to travel on business to about 8 trips to California in 2 years. While it was nice to have all of my meals for free, I didn't have much time for sightseeing and with the work schedule I was sometimes eating dinner at 8pm. So maybe this guys business trips in Paris involved sitting in meetings all day looking out at the Eiffel tower, having to entertain clients, etc.

I hope you do get the free time, Ibram.

glatt · 03-15-2007, 08:45 PM

I never sleep well on business trips. Strange hotel room. Strange bed. Working long hours. Thinking about the work to be done the next day. Miss my wife sleeping next to me. etc. etc. It's not like vacation travel at all.

03-15-2007, 05:06 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I remember a colleague I served with on a committee. He was complaining that he was being sent to Paris again. Now it may be because his wife was expecting and/or this might have been his 5th or 6th trip, but I did find the comment odd. Of course later I went from never having to travel on business to about 8 trips to California in 2 years. While it was nice to have all of my meals for free, I didn't have much time for sightseeing and with the work schedule I was sometimes eating dinner at 8pm. So maybe this guys business trips in Paris involved sitting in meetings all day looking out at the Eiffel tower, having to entertain clients, etc. I hope you do get the free time, Ibram. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

03-15-2007, 08:45 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I never sleep well on business trips. Strange hotel room. Strange bed. Working long hours. Thinking about the work to be done the next day. Miss my wife sleeping next to me. etc. etc. It's not like vacation travel at all.

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