Am I going to want to kill myself if I spend two weeks in Mumbai?

[DirtyMartini]

Re: Re: Am I going to want to kill myself if I spend two weeks in Mumbai?

Originally posted by DrSpike


Probably not, but someone should give the Mumbaians a heads-up.

especially the ones who like mugging white guys in suits

[Asher]

Originally posted by VetLegion
I'd go in no time. Actually I'd pay to go.

Why?

It doesn't even have a cool name like Bombay anymore.

Isn't it just slums and Dell employees?

[BeBMan]

So what have you done to deserve this?

[Arrian]

Perhaps it's an attempt to teach him humility.

-Arrian

[Asher]

Originally posted by BeBro
So what have you done to deserve this?

Done my job well.

They're also talking about London for two weeks, also to train them to be less stupid.

[Jon Miller]

I feel for you, it is hard to train people to be less stupid.

JM

[Asher]

Especially people in London, which are inherently stupid for living in such a dreary place.

[Wezil]

Um, Asher - You post from Toronto...

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Asher
- 20-28 hour flight experience, depending on what they give me.

That's a 20-28 hour flight to India. It doesn't get much more enjoyable than that.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wezil
Um, Asher - You post from Toronto...

London is statistically more dreary. As is Vancouver.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Arrian
Perhaps it's an attempt to teach him humility.

-Arrian

It's kind of a wicked way to teach humility to send me to an area where I'm so much richer than everyone else.

[Riesstiu IV]

So what's the bad news?

[Asher]

[Barnabas]

Cant you like go from the airport to the hotel, from the hotel to the work place, and not visit the rest of the city?

[-Jrabbit]

That's how I handle business travel:
airport > hotel > client > restaurant > hotel > airport
Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary.

Seems like you should be able to figure out the online access issue upfront. Highly likely that a hotel catering to business travelers will have HSIA. And if you've got a hi-speed connection, most of your objections vanish.

My business travel experiences have generally been very good, especially when working with a specific office or person. It's in their best interest to make sure all your needs are met, since they want the home office to be happy with them.

As an intelligent, younger, unmarried person in corporate world, you have probably been identified as a candidate for plenty of travel. You need to either embrace this fact, or nip it in the bud. (Is there a % travel listed in your job description? If not, you may be able to negotiate a promotion/raise!)

BTW Asher, you broke the thread width...