Pseudo Stupidity wrote:A shirt and tie works fine for me (I'd really love to get rid of the tie), though I wonder why you'd wear a suit on a plane in the first place. The plane IS where you're complaining about all this laptop carrying, right? Can't you just change when you get off?
Change where? The taxi? Is that really a serious suggestion? You only get to go to the hotel first sometimes and you don't have any guartee of them letting you check in early. Changing in a bathroom at the client site reeks of unprofessionalism. I guess you could change in bathroom at the airport on arrival but those are usually a festering hellhole.
But it's irrelevant as two suits don't fit in my carry on bag and I don't get paid for travel time so fuck bringing checked luggage (and if I'm going to cart checked bags around town that is even more annoying). Also, man + dog wears a fucking suit on the plane.
I brown-paper bag (actually, I plastic shopping bag) my lunch when I'm working in the office. Your assumption was unsurprisingly wrong.
It's all relative I guess: I am defining 'a lot' as 'a minimum of 60 flights and 100 nights on the road in 6 months' - if it's less than 80 nights and 40ish flights, you don't travel 'much' For reference peak for me was 120 flights in 6 months. I am currently basking in travelling less than twice a month though I wouldn't mind commuting again.
You're the reason expense policies are so needlessly wordy about what is considered reasonable (you apparently bought an airbook, which should result in them charging you for an airbook and laughing when you complain).
Why do people keep thinking I own an airbook (My only ultraportable was by IBM. I have used Apple's one)? I'm just saying that some people work jobs where 'easy to carry' and 'gets through transport faster into this, and if they can get a lightweight laptop, they will do so. There is a 7 KG limit on carry ons.
Seriously, pack all your shit (minimum two suits, casual clothes as I don't like eating room service, your gym clothes (and I presume a second set of shoes, though you might get double duty out of your sneakers as casual clothes), your laptop, bathroom crap and everything else and keep it under 7KG.
I'm guessing they haven't worked jobs like this. I'm not even the guy I know who flys the most! I don't this any more because it's annoying and now I'm using a midsized dell for work which is shit because dell is shit.
P.S your sales guys are muppets. If you're trying to get to the airport in sydney during peak out, its typically faster to catch the train than catch a taxi. If it's not peak hour, cab is much faster.
