Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[punyXpress]

Could have been worse, Tim - they might be in Yorkshire!

[timwilky]

I gripe because some of the flight offerings are ridiculous, 6+ hours between connections etc. I loose my friday night travelling back etc.


I don't get paid extra to be away from my wife and family, don't sleep without her next to me. Expenses are limited to my hotel /travel/ food so no perks, go in a restaurant and be johnny no mates. A table for the sad lonely guy please.

I tend to buy a couple of beers from supermarkets etc to drink in my room. cheap hotel, no internet so cannot even work whilst away from home. Yes wonderful, work, hotel, eat, head down. No chance of seeing a beautiful city.


Christ, that makes yorkshire look inviting.

[Bibio]

nope still cant see any drawbacks.. lol

[Red ones]

I agree with griping about a trip like that. I loathe going away for work. Miss the family and a comfy bed just to have a meal on your own? Plus not get paid extra for the inconvenience AND when I get sent somewhere its Birmingham or Aberdeen or somewhere equally appealing. The others in the office have had Vienna and Marseille!!

[Littlepeahead]

I had to take the Wisden trophy to Durham once, but when they needed to transport it to Barbados a more senior manager got to go instead, typical.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i think this should be in the smile of the day thread.

let me get this right. your going to if i'm not mistaken a beautiful city in france, your more than likely getting all your expenses paid to do so and your moaning about not being able to get a direct transport link. where's your sense of adventure...... and i thought i was grumpy and depressed.

I'm guessing you haven't been to Grenoble. Being sent there is worth a gripe

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[NTECUK]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

I'm guessing you haven't been to Grenoble. Being sent there is worth a gripe

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Could be worse.
Coventry??

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Who the feck would set up a factory in Grenoble.
It is impossible to get to. Fly to Lyon and catch a train they say, change here or there. nothing direct. So got to go the day before. So there for the morning meeting. Grrhhh

Originally Posted by timwilky

I gripe because some of the flight offerings are ridiculous, 6+ hours between connections etc. I loose my friday night travelling back etc.


I don't get paid extra to be away from my wife and family, don't sleep without her next to me. Expenses are limited to my hotel /travel/ food so no perks, go in a restaurant and be johnny no mates. A table for the sad lonely guy please.

I tend to buy a couple of beers from supermarkets etc to drink in my room. cheap hotel, no internet so cannot even work whilst away from home. Yes wonderful, work, hotel, eat, head down. No chance of seeing a beautiful city.


Christ, that makes yorkshire look inviting.

Blimey I wouldn't complain about being sent there, just a the base of the Alps. I know what I'd be doing

However it is a PITA to get to. I'd fly to Lyon & hire a car, must easier than the train.

However there is a direct Eurostar service from London to Lyon. But its an early train (0700)

From you part of the world I guess there's no direct flights to Lyon?

They move my direct flight from Stansted to Luton, but the flight time is convenient. being about midday. You can get there from Gatwick & Heathrow, flights are either early or late

You need to go there in the skiing season, there's direct flights then

Originally Posted by Luckypants

I'm guessing you haven't been to Grenoble. Being sent there is worth a gripe

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Picturesque it ain't But the location is fab

[Sir Trev]

I agree with Tim and others on the sheer waste of time and soul destroying boredom it can turn out to be. My last perm job treated travel time as "unproductive" and considering my pay was dependent on me booking a certain % of productive hours it meant travelling in our own time or risking a chunk of money (or working unpaid overtime to make up the hours). The only way around it was to work on the train/plane and book it to the job, but that's easier said than done and no use when you're driving yourself.


As someone who lived in a hotel four nights a week for nine months I can state that you need an absorbing hobby that needs no internet to stay sane. I used to take my guitar with me, lots of books, DVDs... You still get bored. I would often work offline on plans or reports in the evenings just for something to do. I've been all over Europe with work but you don't get time to explore or enjoy anything more than a ten minute walk from your hotel or the view from the taxi window to/from the airport. Business travel utterly sucks.

[BanannaMan]

Had two heart attacks and heart surgery last night.
Still in the hospital for a few days.
So much for my rideout to the mountains this weekend.