When I was traveling every month to London, Madrid, Paris, Marseilles, Munich, Tokyo, Milan, Sydney, etc to attend consortium meetings, I would always schedule my trips to include at least an extra weekend for myself on each trip.
It's simple: "I only fly for business on business hours." Told my boss that outright ... and he agreed. Sometimes he even paid for my personal time. :-) G On Dec 16, 2006, at 6:55 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: > Stan - that's beautiful, really brought tears to my eyes. My travel > experiences for biz - get off overnight 10 hr flight in time to shower > at hotel and make it to meeting by 10am, try to get back to airport by > 9.30pm to catch said flight back. Bastard. > Norm > > Stan Halpin wrote: >> OK, here is the logic (rationale? excuse?): >> Meeting is Monday 0830 to Wednesday 1330. >> If I travel Sunday, too late to be at the meeting by 0830, and I >> would >> be totally wasted anyway. >> If I travel Saturday, I get in Sunday morning totally wasted, sleep >> early, wake 0300 Monday, am totally wasted by 1000. >> If I travel Friday I have to fight the hoards who travel to EU on >> Fridays. >> So I travel Thursday, relax/recover on Friday and am ready to go. But >> its the weekend! Oh well, by chance I have my camera with me... >> Can't return on Wednesday - meeting runs too late to catch a >> reasonable >> flight, what with security and all. >> If I return Thursday, I get in late Thursday p.m., totally wasted on >> Friday. It's embarrassing to sleep at my desk. >> So I return Friday, do my recovery at home over the weekend onmy own >> time, and am fresh and ready for the office by Monday! >> >> You probably don't want to hear why I need a day in Sydney and two >> days >> on Kangaroo Island to prepare for a meeting in Adelaide SA... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
