Itâs very like Newgrange.
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Certainly old looking âŚ.
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Identical youâd have to say, including the turlough
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My nasal passages are in ribbons after spending the week sleeping in air conditioned hotel rooms and enduring -15 degrees Celsius when I do venture outside.
Only 11 steps from the elevator to my room door tonight though.
cc @iron_mike
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I know it sounds trivial but it puts a little spring in my step when I get a room near to the lift.
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I donât like being close to the lift, too noisy
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Im grateful for it when Ive half a keg of porter in me
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Iâm officially announcing that I absolutely fucking hate international business travel.
The end.
I greatly enjoy it when Iâm there, but airports, lounges and flying. Fcuk that. You wouldnât do it to a dog
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Why canât you do those meetings remotely, pal?
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thereâs some things that canât be done remotely. Or they can be done a lot quicker face to face.
The operation and feeding of a big mixer isnât fully demonstrable via Zoom. 
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Thatâs true. It does depend on the circumstance. MS Teams would cover most issues though.
it does until it doesnât. Sometimes you have to thrash it out over dinner and pints.
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I canât. Wouldnât work. Some I do but I need to be there in person a lot too.
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Exactly mate.
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Ah, I hear you. Thatâs fair enough.
Business/first class no?
Honestly itâs fairly irrelevant. You donât end up quite as rinsed if you have a bed, but youâre still spending miserable hours in airports which are hateful places, business lounges which are bedlam, and strapped down in a child sized bed in a metal tube breathing other peopleâs stale air and farts. You still have to clear customs and get exposed to awful food poisoning. Youâre in a strange bed in a hotel, and upside down with jet lag. I remember the first time I flew business class in the airbus, I was back at the bar, and talking to a youngish Indian lad who flew round the world travelling three weeks a month decommissioning nuclear materials. He said it made no difference whether he was in first, business, or Ryanair. He absolutely hated plane travel and airports. I understand him now.
Donât get me wrong, having a bed makes long haul a lot less arduous, but itâs a fuck of a lot more luxurious lying on a couch in front of the telly at home, and itâs an awful lot nicer being tucked up with your life partner than in some hotel room half a world away, and working upside down with jet lag.
The only good bit about long haul flying is tactical drinking (and it needs to be really long haul soâs youâve time to sleep off the hangover), and no phone.
Itâs nice having a pretty stewardess paid to be nice to you, but I honestly prefer travelling economy (with leg room) with the kids than business or first alone. Seriously, you wouldnât cage up a dog like that.
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The cash back-hander doesnât work.
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Youâre the Pee Flynn of business travel
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