TFK International Business Travel Thread

[flattythehurdler]

HS2 looking lovely.

[Plastic_Paddy]

@flattythehurdler

HS2 looking lovely.

I was there this morning picking up the officials for today’s match. It’s a nice hotel in the middle of a building site. The Villa team stay there the night before home matches. @flattythehurdler and a team playing champions league is some alumni

[cowpat]

Irishman jailed for 10 years by Spanish court for killing and dismembering...

[Bandage]

FAO of @Piles_Hussain…what are BUSINESSMEN wearing in professional settings in the Benelux region these days? I’m thinking chinos, shirt, open collar, no tie & association football manager shoes…rather than suit, tie & more formal shoes. Discuss.

[TreatyStones]

Maybe you should have a button leg chinos so you can whip it off if you need your nappy changed.

[gilgamboa]

@TreatyStones

Maybe you should have a button leg chinos so can whip off if you need your nappy changed

I chortled at that tbf

[Piles_Hussain]

You should be ok like that. I myself am strictly a polo neck t and jeans motherfucker.

[Bandage]

Thank you. I said Benelux but I’m actually off to France. I don’t think “Benelux” captures France but I wanted to put suspect posters off the scent & felt the same rules would apply due to proximity & cultural similarities. It’s very stressful these days, you don’t want to arrive into a meeting only to let yourself, your employer & your country down by dressing inappropriately. 30 degree temperatures in the south of France complicate matters further this week but I’ll roll the dice & see what transpires.

[Alphakrul1]

A beret then.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Bandage

Thank you. I said Benelux but I’m actually off to France. I don’t think “Benelux” captures France but I wanted to put suspect posters off the scent & felt the same rules would apply due to proximity & cultural similarities. It’s very stressful these days, you don’t want to arrive into a meeting only to let yourself, your employer & your country down by dressing inappropriately. 30 degree temperatures in the south of France complicate matters further this week but I’ll roll the dice & see what transpires.

France would be a tin of fruit and an open neck shirt. Formal shoes, novelty socks.

[Locke]

@Bandage

30 degree temperatures in the south of France

I always go with white, navy, or black shirts or polo shirts when in hot conditions.

[myboyblue]

Never go full Commacho.

[TreatyStones]

@Bandage

I wanted to put suspect posters off the scent

The scent should be easy enough to follow

[flattythehurdler]

Slacks, a white smart casual shirt and a smart jacket I would wear. Decent shoes. I generally operate on the rule of thumb that it’s better to be overdressed than underdressed.

[Spidey]

Are you meeting clients or your own crew? If client stick to tin of fruit and fitted white shirt. If your own crew, tailored beige/khaki trousers or chinos with navy short sleeved shirt and similar coloured sports jacket. Skip the football manager shoes. It’s over 30 in Paris tomorrow according to my French work amis so god knows what it’s going to be down south. Extra Lonsdale boxers from Sports Direct are a must.

[Julio_Geordio]

@Spidey

Extra Lonsdale boxers from Sports Direct are a must.

@Bandage is not an extra lonsdale anymore, he’s in great nick

[Bandage]

I’ve just arrived in the south of France. If the others are all wearing suits then I’m going to be really embarrassed.

[Raylan]

A truly confident guy would be doing his own thing here

[myboyblue]

[Chancer]

Sartorial matters never troubled the seriously big hitters as this shows…