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LAP's Boss: THE ADMIRAL IS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY!!! OH MY GOD THE ADMIRAL!!!! LAP: Uh, okay.
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*Stands behind people on airport escalator saying "Excuse me" to make them move. Motherfuckers won't just stay to the right. Motherfuckers.* *Gets back from the last trip, takes pants and shoes off and kicks feet up on desk in office.* Outrail posted:*Original model is all wrong and has to make two hour skype and screen share call from a busy pub at noon on a Saturday* *Original model is all wrong and has to be on Skype for 2 hours while waiting at the airport to go home on Saturday*
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Nov 21, 2019 17:49
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*Strongly considers just wholesale fabricating interviews and data collection. Curses lingering shreds of integrity*
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Nov 21, 2019 17:54
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Nov 21, 2019 17:55
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"Hey guys listen my flight leaves at 3 pm, is it possible I can duck out a little early? The only other flight was at 11 pm, my daughter's sick and my wife really needs some help around the house. If I can get that 3 pm flight I'll be home by 9. Oh, the new regional director is coming in at 2 pm. Okay, no that's great I can't wait to meet him. " *11 pm flight is overbooked, has to spend night at airport, gets home early Sunday morning* "Hey cool back to work in just about 24 hours!"
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Nov 21, 2019 18:08
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*drops an absurdly large dump in the hotel toilet, just a world-shattering, Revelations-worthy poo poo, because those toilets have the suck force of a jet engine*
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Nov 21, 2019 18:09
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IRL I have a team meeting in San Diego in January, a city I’ve never been to, and I already know the odds of seeing anything but the hotel and maybe a restaurant down the street from the hotel are slim to none.
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Nov 21, 2019 18:13
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but just think of all the things you can do by going there instead of just videoconferencing, such as
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Yeah no, why would I want to spend a couple extra days in [paradise]. I’ll just book my return flight for 3 hours after the last meeting ends. Seriously it’s cool. I didn’t mind having meetings all day so I couldn’t enjoy the beach for a second. I’d love to take along employee who has never traveled before. It’ll be easy.
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Nov 21, 2019 18:24
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*gets stuck in the security line behind a family that's never traveled before*
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Disembark plane in Italy Board taxi to travel across border into Switzerland 250+ euro fare Cabbie insists cannot take Amex and yet does when pressed Arrive at hotel 11pm and demand hotel bar remains open for 15 more minutes to consume expensive larger on expense account Order three pints at once just in case
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Nov 21, 2019 18:34
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Sits akwardly on couch with boss in his condo while he watches Last Man Standing reruns for 3 hours.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:IRL I have a team meeting in San Diego in January, a city I’ve never been to, and I already know the odds of seeing anything but the hotel and maybe a restaurant down the street from the hotel are slim to none. Back in the old times (2000s) the company would encourage us to time field trips to end on a Friday, with a Monday departure. They'd let us extend the rental truck (we'd pay the difference) and go camping/exploring for the weekend. Blasting through national parks in a mine spec 4wd gently caress yeah. Fast forward ten years and no loving way they'd even consider it. Jay_Zombie posted:*Is singled out by TSA for "random" additional screening, Every. Single. Time.* *TSA agent swabs clothes and bag. Equipment makes alarming sound. TSA agent looks at high vis clothes and shrugs* "Did I register for ANFO?" "Yeah, where do you work?" "Mine site?" "Cool, you're good to go." Outrail fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Nov 21, 2019 |
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Nov 21, 2019 18:41
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:IRL I have a team meeting in San Diego in January, a city I’ve never been to, and I already know the odds of seeing anything but the hotel and maybe a restaurant down the street from the hotel are slim to none. I've only seen DC from the plane, cab, or limo.
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Nov 21, 2019 18:42
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Jay_Zombie posted:*Has flight home booked for 6:30PM* I got caught in Iowa for 4 days due to storms. It wasn't even fun because I couldnt get hammered at the airport bar in fear of missing my flight. I spent the time trying to avoid coworkers and eating terrible midwestern food.
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Nov 21, 2019 18:48
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Oscar Wild posted:I got caught in Iowa for 4 days due to storms. It wasn't even fun because I couldnt get hammered at the airport bar in fear of missing my flight. I spent the time trying to avoid coworkers and eating terrible midwestern food. I got stuck at Logan for a night for the same reason. Luckily it was Boston and they have their poo poo together when it comes to dealing with snow, so I was only stuck for the one night.
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Nov 21, 2019 18:51
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Jay_Zombie posted:Pro tier poo poo, right here. I paid $100 for an economy comfort seat once because no others were available, just so I didn't have to sit next to work people on a 12 hour flight. I was all "I think the office booked my flight separately last minute so that must be why  "
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*"continental breakfast" is a vending machine danish and watery orange juice* *co-worker makes same joke to client she's made the last 5 times we've visited* *cried when Craigslist Casual Encounters section was shut down*
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Nov 21, 2019 20:00
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The best businsss trip I ever got sent on was to go to a soffware class solo with nobody else. Just three days of going to classes that got out mid day. I spent the rest of the time driving around the unfamiliar town and going on long runs along the coast at sunset and coming back to the upscale hotel that the company paid for. It was then that I realized how much I like being alone. No coworkers, no bosses and no one to check in with. Bliss.
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Went to a trade show in Vegas. First time there. Stayed at the Mandalay Bay, and on the company dime no less. Only had to work from 9-4, the rest of the time, my 25 year old self was free to do whatever since the two bosses I was there with were busy doing boss things with other boss people. So naturally, the first night there, I want to take a walk down the strip and see what's what. I get down to around the Bellagio, step off the curb, into a pothole and severely sprain my ankle. I had 4 days left there. Basically I stayed in the hotel, drank and played blackjack the rest of the time I wasn't working.
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Jay_Zombie posted:Went to a trade show in Vegas. First time there. Stayed at the Mandalay Bay, and on the company dime no less. Only had to work from 9-4, the rest of the time, my 25 year old self was free to do whatever since the two bosses I was there with were busy doing boss things with other boss people. Yeah last time I was at Mandalay Bay it was paid for by a Korean orthopedics company. But, I had to present a new medical device to their higher ups and they all wanted to party on the strip until dawn so I ended up getting about one hour of sleep before I had to get back up and iron my stuff before the meeting.
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*last night at conference, 9pm* "$VENDOR1 and $VENDOR2 are having competing open bars! Who wants to go?" *everyone grumbles and goes back to the hotel to pack and get to bed early*
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Rad-daddio posted:Yeah last time I was at Mandalay Bay it was paid for by a Korean orthopedics company. But, I had to present a new medical device to their higher ups and they all wanted to party on the strip until dawn so I ended up getting about one hour of sleep before I had to get back up and iron my stuff before the meeting. I can only imagine partying with Korean execs in Vegas is either boring as hell, or the stuff that National Lampoon movies are made of. When I was there, there was our trade show (marketing software), a trade show for companies that host trade shows, a rodeo, a Buck Cherry concert, and a Spice Girls concert, all in the same week. Needless to say the clientele was interesting. At one point, I was at a table with a no poo poo cowboy (funny as hell), two older yet very attractive (and friendly) Spice Girls fans and a dude in a tux who was throwing down money like it was going out of style, until what I can only assume was a $5k-a-night hooker showed up, and sat in his seat while he bankrolled her. That was a fun night.
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Jay_Zombie posted:I can only imagine partying with Korean execs in Vegas is either boring as hell, or the stuff that National Lampoon movies are made of. Your trip was way better than mine. The Koreans were super uptight because they were considering buying the idea we were presenting. So it was all game faces and their idea of touring the strip was basically walking a few blocks, and then buying gifts for their family at the Hot Topic by Trump Towers. They never even bought the thing we were presenting and basically led us on for another year before we stopped giving a poo poo. And on the way back, my flight got cancelled and I got stuck in LAX overnight.
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Nov 21, 2019 21:54
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Heh heh, please! Mr Business is my father!
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A Fancy Hat posted:"Oh wow, Backstreet Boys are in town? Haha, just imagine if we ended up going to see them, that would be so funny!" Drunken Karaoke with coworkers is fun and cool! Ebeneezer Splooge fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Nov 22, 2019 |
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Nov 21, 2019 23:47
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I went to a Microsoft convention at Murder Bay, and it was bonnjovi. I waited an hour because the kept bringing drinks in line. I get into the beach area, it was a mess. Thousands of people, more drunk than I, and I left after two songs.
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Nov 22, 2019 03:20
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Imagine willfully exposing yourself Jon Bon Jovi. Might as well learn how to kick yourself in the crotch. It'd be more fun.
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Nov 22, 2019 03:28
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Now that same post but in the other context.
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Literally A Person posted:Imagine willfully exposing yourself Jon Bon Jovi. Might as well learn how to kick yourself in the crotch. It'd be more fun. Free booze is a mod swan song.
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Burt Sexual posted:Free booze is a mod swan song. Beat up a homeless guy and take his wine like a normal person.
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Nov 22, 2019 03:39
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Flew into town. Hiked around the city miles and miles towards the mountains. Talked to random people. Showed up to the training classes 3 hours late. We passed a beanbag around.
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Rental Counter operator: WEll because your flight was delayed by 5 hours, we no longer have the car you reserved, but we have a nice minivan for you!
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