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Tuesday – A Longer Than Average Commute
Aug. 26th, 2008 03:15 pm.
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Today on my drive into work, I was thinking about my trip to California the other week, which already seems like it was years ago. As a spectacularly unimportant person at every company I've ever worked at, it was the first time a job ever required that I travel before. Growing up, my father's job send him all over the globe, and I had the odd collection airport gift shop souvenirs to prove it: snow globes, key chains, t-shirts, stuffed animals, a cheap doll with wooden shoes that said "Holland" across the front of her dress, and eveb a hand carved wooden I-still-don't-know-what-the-heck-it's-supposed-to-be (A horse? An ox? A dolphin?) from the Philippines.
My father hated traveling for business, and after 39 years I finally discovered why: traveling for work is still work, but with a much worse commute. Instead of enjoying the change of scenery, you find are still stuck in a very similar environment to the one at your home office.
( The other week on my flight into work… )
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Today on my drive into work, I was thinking about my trip to California the other week, which already seems like it was years ago. As a spectacularly unimportant person at every company I've ever worked at, it was the first time a job ever required that I travel before. Growing up, my father's job send him all over the globe, and I had the odd collection airport gift shop souvenirs to prove it: snow globes, key chains, t-shirts, stuffed animals, a cheap doll with wooden shoes that said "Holland" across the front of her dress, and eveb a hand carved wooden I-still-don't-know-what-the-heck-it's-supposed-to-be (A horse? An ox? A dolphin?) from the Philippines.
My father hated traveling for business, and after 39 years I finally discovered why: traveling for work is still work, but with a much worse commute. Instead of enjoying the change of scenery, you find are still stuck in a very similar environment to the one at your home office.
( The other week on my flight into work… )
