The Travel Imperative
Forget about exceeding structural limitations. We are now operating well beyond the manufacturer’s suggested stress level. I am back on the road again this weekend, or should I say up in the air. On Sunday I leave for Detroit, On Monday I fly back to Toronto to bounce to Calgary on the Red Eye. Next day, I fly late again to be back in Toronto for a Wednesday morning meeting at Gigantic Concrete Network Central Command. Oh ya, I’m on call too, so I have to answer support calls while I’m in the air. For my next trick folks, watch me pull a rabbit out of my… well you get the idea.
…I have to pause and laugh…
This was supposed to be a nice quiet weekend home with the family. Looks like that is getting shelved for the needs of corporation… hallowed be it’s name. The other thing to go is my ability to vote in the upcoming Federal Election. Not that I’m very political, but I’ll be about a thousand miles from my polling station. Maybe if I fold the ballot into a paper airplane and throw it really hard. The politicians are just going to have to get along without my vote on this one I think.
Sometimes, when I think that I’m actually the manager of this wacky department, I have to pause and laugh….
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That’s not good. So where’s the family to be fitted in amongst this? Businesses have no idea.
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I don’t really think they care, contrary to the HR-Corporate-bable-speak saying that “balance is important”…
Well, I do hope you get home soon and have some family time before work interupts again. btw, is there a secret to the nifty quote you do in your posts? I like that!
Jayne - thanks for the nice thoughts… this is my hope too.
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