You really know you've been traveling too much when...
Oct 20th, 2004, 07:57 AM
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You really know you've been traveling too much when...
Hello all.
During my last trip someone asked me a question that I honestly had to think about for a moment to answer. I thought it might make a good jumping off point for some mindless entertainment if people chimed in to answer the question above. Since I obviously I have waaaayyy too much time on my hands at work this morning, I'll start:
"You really know you've been traveling too much when..."
...A stranger asks you where you're from and it takes you two tries to get the answer right!
Let's have fun!
AL
During my last trip someone asked me a question that I honestly had to think about for a moment to answer. I thought it might make a good jumping off point for some mindless entertainment if people chimed in to answer the question above. Since I obviously I have waaaayyy too much time on my hands at work this morning, I'll start:
"You really know you've been traveling too much when..."
...A stranger asks you where you're from and it takes you two tries to get the answer right!
Let's have fun!
AL
Oct 20th, 2004, 08:06 AM
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...when your home airport's curbside check-in greets you by name.
...when packing for your current trip, you find the welcome amenity you threw in there during the last trip and it's still fresh.
...when packing for your current trip, you find the welcome amenity you threw in there during the last trip and it's still fresh.
Oct 20th, 2004, 08:51 AM
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(especially for business travelers)
... when the waiter knows your preferred beverage at the restaurant in/next door to your hotel (where the front desk staff know you by name and what kind of room you like).
....when the people at the rental car agency know you by name and what kind of car you like.
....when you get home and still feel the urge to use a map to find your way around.
And I completely agree with "...when you wake up in your own bed and can't figure out where you are."
... when the waiter knows your preferred beverage at the restaurant in/next door to your hotel (where the front desk staff know you by name and what kind of room you like).
....when the people at the rental car agency know you by name and what kind of car you like.
....when you get home and still feel the urge to use a map to find your way around.
And I completely agree with "...when you wake up in your own bed and can't figure out where you are."
Oct 20th, 2004, 09:32 AM
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Part 1:
Spend 6 straight weeks traveling from NY to Detroit on Monday morning and back from Detroit to New York on Friday afternoon and by the end of that six week period resemble the kid from the movie "Powder."
(In the late spring of 1992, Monday through Friday was fairly raining and cloudy in Detroit. Unfortunately, New York's weather on Saturday and Sunday was Detroit's weather on Wednesday and Thursday. I can recall seeing the sun maybe a handful of times that spring.)
Spend 6 straight weeks traveling from NY to Detroit on Monday morning and back from Detroit to New York on Friday afternoon and by the end of that six week period resemble the kid from the movie "Powder."
(In the late spring of 1992, Monday through Friday was fairly raining and cloudy in Detroit. Unfortunately, New York's weather on Saturday and Sunday was Detroit's weather on Wednesday and Thursday. I can recall seeing the sun maybe a handful of times that spring.)
Oct 20th, 2004, 09:43 AM
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Part 2:
Spend so much time traveling, that when you have a customer service problem, the CEO of the airline sends you a personal letter of apology and adds 70,000 miles to your FF account and 25,000 miles to your wifes.
(In a 9 month period, I had racked up about 75,000 miles on one airline. All at full business fares including one a fully priced first class ticket to Europe. I was used to the usual delays, problems and surely attitudes. But, when a gate agent screamed at my then pregnant wife for daring to enter the plane with those who need a little extra time, I viewed that as the final straw. A very polite but strongly worded letter to the CEO of the airline saying that price, not my loyalty to his carrier would now determine my patronage, with my last year's worth of FF statements, was answered almost immediately with a "I will personally repremand my employee.")
The one upside of traveling quite a bit is that you become like gold to the airlines and hotels you frequent.
Spend so much time traveling, that when you have a customer service problem, the CEO of the airline sends you a personal letter of apology and adds 70,000 miles to your FF account and 25,000 miles to your wifes.
(In a 9 month period, I had racked up about 75,000 miles on one airline. All at full business fares including one a fully priced first class ticket to Europe. I was used to the usual delays, problems and surely attitudes. But, when a gate agent screamed at my then pregnant wife for daring to enter the plane with those who need a little extra time, I viewed that as the final straw. A very polite but strongly worded letter to the CEO of the airline saying that price, not my loyalty to his carrier would now determine my patronage, with my last year's worth of FF statements, was answered almost immediately with a "I will personally repremand my employee.")
The one upside of traveling quite a bit is that you become like gold to the airlines and hotels you frequent.
Oct 20th, 2004, 09:45 AM
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this is fun!
-when you have the car service on speed dial.
-when you are not shocked at the price of hotel breakfast. (even if work is paying for it!)
-when your amex card is practically smoking.
-when you keep your suitcase out for laundry and transfers of clothes.
-when you have the car service on speed dial.
-when you are not shocked at the price of hotel breakfast. (even if work is paying for it!)
-when your amex card is practically smoking.
-when you keep your suitcase out for laundry and transfers of clothes.
Oct 20th, 2004, 09:47 AM
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When you don't unpack your travel essentials because you'll just have to pack them again next week.
When you're ready to strangle your kids and/or your DH.
When you immediately know that the minivan they've assigned you won't be big enough the moment the rental car agent hands you the keys.
When you're ready to strangle your kids and/or your DH.
When you immediately know that the minivan they've assigned you won't be big enough the moment the rental car agent hands you the keys.
