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How To Be a Good Flyer

I recently got back from a trip to one of our other remote offices. And when I say 'remote' I mean 'remote'. It's way up in the hills -- away from everything. There is no cell phone reception to be had (even by the locals).

Anyhow, the trip out there requires not one, but two flights. The first flight from home went pretty well... nice big place and very little turbulence. It's that OTHER flight that's a killer. I used to like to fly. I couldn't wait to get on a plane. But now, it's all I can do to hang on. That second flight is a much smaller plane and you can feel every cloud that wafts by.

DubDub has been very attentive recently. I'm not sure why. We went out to lunch yesterday and we ended up at my house for a little, uh... 'dessert'? Again, shocked the hell out of me.

Work, in general, continues to be busy and a struggle. We have one particular client that is getting on everyone's nerves. He tries to call up and pull people out of meetings just to allay his fears on one of his projects. He requests really weird things just to see if we can do it. He makes us scramble to get something done and then tells us he didn't need it in the first place. The thing that dismays me the most is when I hear stories of our people getting yelled at by him. I don't like that because it's very unprofessional. Every time I've ever been in on the call, he's been very nice and I can see a huge question mark on the other person's face, like "why is he being so nice?"

Anyhow, that's what has been going on. I guess I need to take some 'downers' before getting on a plane again. That's how to be a good flyer.

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