Originally Posted by Badenoch

What you consider depressing another person would find peaceful. Frequent business travel requires certain personality traits including a degree of self-reliance, independence and curiosity. It is not suited for people who prefer a sociable environment that is reliable and predictable.

There are times when it can get old but I've seen, learned and done more than staying in the office. It's not for everyone but if you are adaptable and willing to keep an open mind it can be a very rewarding component of your career.

Originally Posted by 84fiero

Same here. We traveled extensively with our daughter as a toddler - no way is it necessary to stand side-by-side with a 3 year old on a moving walkway. Single file is just fine. We always did the best we could to keep things efficient for our family and others when traveling with our kid.

Originally Posted by atomicfront

Yeah when I was young and single I traveled for business [...] I guess some people choose the full time travel lifestyle are what you are saying? Socially inept?

Originally Posted by atomicfront

There is a walkway if you don't like it. You are the one who has a false sense of entitlement. Too lazy to walk.

Originally Posted by atomicfront

[...] Whatever get over yourself.

Originally Posted by tbuccelli

Thanks for finding reference, but I now get a page not found when I click on it.

Originally Posted by qofmiwok

Fun post. A bit extreme, but as a former corporate type I do roll my eyes at the corporate buzz words, and how every conversation sounds the same and has barely changed in 30 years. But really let's face it, the problem is broader; it is everyone who talks loudly (on their phones or in person) in airports and airplanes and hotel lobbies, whether they are discussing business or telling boring stories to their friends. Some people just seem to have no sense that they are in a public space and not a personal space.

Originally Posted by pinniped

This.

I remember traveling through large airports with toddlers. I was able to do so without being a selfish pig about it. If we used a moving walkway and the wanted to remain stationary on it, we did so single file so others could move past. I'm flabbergasted that other people think it's acceptable behavior to block the entire path - with kids or without.

Originally Posted by atomicfront

I guess some people choose the full time travel lifestyle are what you are saying? Socially inept?

Originally Posted by atomicfront

If it weren't my daughter beside me it would be my bags.

Originally Posted by chrisl137

I'm fortunate in having a small number of places I go regularly, so I find hotels that make it easier - I stay at a place in the DC area that has a full health club on the first couple floors that hotel guests are allowed to use for free, and pick other hotels based on the equipment they have. Most of the time I'm either traveling alone or with people who don't have any need for big business dinners, so we usually go our own way for food and I can keep that under control. One of the best places I ever stayed with respect to fitness was in the VOQ on an air force base - the room was nothing special, but they had a book with maps of recommended running routes of many distances, and there was a *huge* well equipped gym that I could have used (I brought a bicycle and pedaled around on base instead).

Originally Posted by atomicfront

Why are you too lazy just to walk?

Originally Posted by pinniped

Occasionally, I am either too lazy to walk or I have a kid with me who cannot move at an appropriate pace. In those cases, we stand single-file to the right making sure that others can pass by on the left.

The frustration is with others who are not walking who do not follow this basic courtesy, making things difficult for everybody else. That's the piggish behavior. Not walking on the moving walkway, in and of itself, is okay.

Originally Posted by rbwpi

Am I correct to assume, you would place your bags beside you and obstruct anyone trying to walk past you on the moving sidewalk?

Originally Posted by Badenoch

Dealing with strangers often in different places and cultures requires a higher degree of social acumen than those who prefer a rigid office structure and remaining firmly within pre-established business relationships. The frequent business traveller must be more independent, self-reliant and frequently requires more advanced social skills than the office bound.

Regular business travel isn't for everyone. If you don't have the requisite character traits and personal skills then you won't like it.

Originally Posted by ctporter

"whoever is paying the bill "earned" those perks"

I travel for work, between 75k-109k per year. I use a corporate travel card that I am responsible for paying in full each month. My company re-imburses me for my expenses - BUT, they bill the client for my expenses. So who is really "paying"? Who at these companies should benefit from the miles/stays/days? The accounting clerk that processes payments? The owner of the company, the stock holders? Why should random companies (different clients for each job) get a few airline miles or hotel stays or rental car days instead of the person that did the traveling?

Originally Posted by atomicfront

The piggish behavior is walking on the moving walkway. I assume you are an Ugly American who is to lazy to walk under their own power. I never use the walkways when I am without children. And I am not so rude that I push past people.