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KillHour posted:I'm about to take off LAX-EWR-BUF. Jesus, how horrible is your company that they can't give you a layover in EWR or a direct flight?
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Dec 16, 2017 19:58
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How bad is your company that you are stuck with the middle seat everywhere
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Dec 16, 2017 20:58
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I had to go home to buffalo between trips. I need to drop off some equipment. It's more about the back to back economy middle seat bullshit.
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Dec 16, 2017 21:06
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UPS/Fedex are real, and good, and your friend
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Dec 16, 2017 21:15
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^^^ e;fb  “Had to” my dude y’all could’ve just FedExed that poo poo instead of putting you through a huge inconvenience to act as a courier
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Dec 16, 2017 21:22
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No because that would cost money and nobody would approve that.
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Dec 16, 2017 21:32
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If I was like do you want me to fedex some poo poo versus spending my time and the client's money on pointless flights there would be a whole line of people ready to approve the expense and I would have done it already myself
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Dec 16, 2017 21:43
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But they were happy to approve the cost of four flights rather than one
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Dec 16, 2017 21:44
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Are we sure KillHour’s job is even real? Feels more like an elaborate experiment to see how much bullshit a person will put up with in return for an aggressively mediocre paycheck.
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Dec 16, 2017 21:47
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Is there any interest in and would people contribute to a global BFC FT thread Places to Eat database? If there is I will create one off of a google doc I already have
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Dec 16, 2017 21:56
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Sure. I’ll review all of the FBO vending machines I can for it.
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Dec 16, 2017 23:49
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KillHour posted:Holy crap that lady next to me was so fat I couldn't put the armrest down. I thought they now charged for anyone who used more than one seat? Anytime I’m seated I always put the armrest down.
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Dec 16, 2017 23:51
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Tab8715 posted:I thought they now charged for anyone who used more than one seat? Nobody wants to be the one to bring it up so you have to bring it up yourself and hope there is an empty seat somewhere they can move you to. I wish they'd just draw an easy line and say if you need a seat belt extension then you need to buy an extra seat.
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Dec 17, 2017 00:15
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Noctone posted:Are we sure KillHour’s job is even real? Feels more like an elaborate experiment to see how much bullshit a person will put up with in return for an aggressively mediocre paycheck. Not empty quoting this. The real issue is that I bought the second flight before I knew I needed the first flight and changing it to a flight from LAX to LHR would have incurred a change fee on top of the shipping fees and that crap needs to be approved by the CEO and 
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Dec 17, 2017 17:19
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Also the biggest problem is that clients don't get invoiced for the travel costs. We charge a flat rate and so the less the company spends on the actual travel, the more they get to keep as profit. That's why I have to get everything approved and am always expected to take the cheapest "reasonable" option. If I get a more expensive hotel room or flight or something, the CEO sees it as me taking money out of his pocket. KillHour fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Dec 17, 2017 |
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Dec 17, 2017 17:23
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KillHour posted:Also the biggest problem is that clients don't get invoiced for the travel costs. We charge a flat rate and so the less the company spends on the actual travel, the more they get to keep as profit. That's why I have to get everything approved and am always expected to take the cheapest "reasonable" option. Dang dude. Flat rate anything puts all the schedule and technical risk on the provider. Your company likes to live dangerously.
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Dec 17, 2017 17:39
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It's training, not deployment. I teach 3 and 4 day technical classes.
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Dec 17, 2017 17:45
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My point stands, for reasons like the silly itinerary you're doing now.
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Dec 17, 2017 19:43
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Yeah but it's not a risk for them, just for me.
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Dec 17, 2017 20:30
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We do flat rate for pro fees (some exceptions apply but 95% of billed time is not directly passed through) but charge out expenses.sellouts posted:Sure. I’ll review all of the FBO vending machines I can for it. This is a strong brag
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Dec 17, 2017 20:54
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Hope no one was flying delta today through ATL
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Dec 17, 2017 22:09
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Cacafuego posted:Hope no one was flying delta today through ATL My mother-in-law is tomorrow on an award ticket, no status. Good luck ma!
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Dec 17, 2017 23:06
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https://twitter.com/PhilKenSaban/status/942516674871398400
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Dec 17, 2017 23:17
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Previous was my last week on-site for my project that's wrapping up and by a scheduling fluke I'm working remote this week instead of the travel being vice versa. I dodged one hell of a bullet. Flying tomorrow is gonna suck for basically everyone across the country.
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Dec 18, 2017 02:23
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Failed Die Hard 2 attempt? 
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Dec 18, 2017 06:05
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:This is a strong brag Thank you, thank you. (I still travel mostly commercial but new gig may have me travel less but same private opportunities)
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Dec 18, 2017 14:21
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Is there any interest in and would people contribute to a global BFC FT thread Places to Eat database? If there is I will create one off of a google doc I already have Yes please. My one solace and escape from my metal flying prison is good food.
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Dec 18, 2017 18:58
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Where the hell is good to eat in London? I'm staying by the Tower of London, and both this trip and the last time I was here, it was practically impossible to find good food. Not a big fan of Indian, but just about everything else is good.
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Dec 19, 2017 14:11
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KillHour posted:Where the hell is good to eat in London? I'm staying by the Tower of London, and both this trip and the last time I was here, it was practically impossible to find good food. Not a big fan of Indian, but just about everything else is good. https://www.tripadvisor.com/RestaurantsNear-g186338-d187547-Tower_of_London-London_England.html
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Dec 19, 2017 14:26
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KillHour posted:Where the hell is good to eat in London? I'm staying by the Tower of London, and both this trip and the last time I was here, it was practically impossible to find good food. Not a big fan of Indian, but just about everything else is good. I was just in London and I'll see if I can think of any good restaurants but I went to 2 bars that had food and were an amazing experience. The first is called the Oriole and it's in the basement of some Market it's a bit hard to find so ask we Google the directions and walked around for like 10 minutes until we asked the cop it has some of the most interesting cocktails that I've ever seen I'll see if I can post some pictures of the menu when I get into the office and they have a live jazz band. There's a 5-pound cover to get in the door but it is totally worth it when they see you as to sit at the bar because they make the cocktails in front of you and it's really cool to watch a guy squeezes out octopus juice and other random stuff. They also have a full-blown Garden that covers a portion of the bar that they use for all of their garnish the cocktails were amazing in the band was pretty good as well the bartenders are also fairly friendly and we'll explain whatever they're making. The other place we went was called Gordon's Wine Vault which was packed although it was a Friday or Saturday night that we visit it and it is again another basement type deal it doesn't look like much from the outside but when you go downstairs off the street you enter like a little Courtyard type Weingartenwine garden and then there's a second staircase that leads down into the basement where they serve platters and you can get bottles of wine Also the British can drink I felt like I was in college again everybody there just gets hammered
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KillHour posted:Where the hell is good to eat in London? I'm staying by the Tower of London, and both this trip and the last time I was here, it was practically impossible to find good food. Not a big fan of Indian, but just about everything else is good. The only non-indian palatable food/restaurants in london is italian (when you're sick of eating fish and chips).
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EugeneJ posted:https://www.tripadvisor.com/RestaurantsNear-g186338-d187547-Tower_of_London-London_England.html Man, I totally didn't think of this and my issue is that I can't use Google, not that all the highly rated places I've been going to are total poo poo. Thanks for that. Waroduce: Thanks, I'll check that out. Love a good cocktail. Motronic posted:The only non-indian palatable food/restaurants in london is italian (when you're sick of eating fish and chips). I can totally believe this. 
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Dec 19, 2017 16:25
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There's Chipotle in London now, you might give them a try.
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Dec 19, 2017 16:55
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Midjack posted:There's Chipotle in London now, you might give them a try. Fly half way around the world for a fast food burrito. 
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Dec 19, 2017 16:56
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KillHour posted:Fly half way around the world for a fast food burrito. Yeah good point, your boss gets wind of that and they'll think you're living way too high on the hog. Better stick to vending machines. These last two posts have not been serious, fyi.
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Dec 19, 2017 17:00
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Midjack posted:Yeah good point, your boss gets wind of that and they'll think you're living way too high on the hog. Better stick to vending machines. I'll admit, I laughed out loud in front of my class. Oh no, they're going to take my company Android away and give me a flip phone now. 
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Dec 19, 2017 17:22
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If you want lunch that isn’t in a pub see if there is a Fuzzy Grubs near you. It’s a complete roast dinner on a big roll sandwich.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:41
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Sit at the bar in Oriole don't take a table
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Dec 19, 2017 18:47
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I feel like this website of reviews is going to be a bad idea if people are throwing out TripAdvisor links with Wagamama as the 6th suggestion and poo poo. I will submit, in any order: Barrafina - Spanish Tapas Duck Soup - simple, minimalist Euro with weird wines Morito - Tapas Locanda Locatelli - Italian Frenchie - Covent Garden - French but not nearly as good as the one in Paris (or the bar across the street) Mildred’s - vegetarian, shockingly not bad veggie burrito ( I know, I killed a client for ordering mexican in London given he’s from SD and I am from TX but it wasn’t bad) I have several more at home but I can’t recall them. Also get a drat cocktail in the American bar at the Savoy. It’s expensive but their history is rad. Also it’s the only street in London where drivers drive on the right hand side. sellouts fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Dec 19, 2017 |
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Can we just have a sharable and editable google doc/excel broken into perhaps States or Countries for different sheets? or one sheet for the us and one for international something like State|City|Name|Notes| Some controllable way to sort out Drinks, Happy Hour, Food, Bar, Lounge idk. like a significant amount of us professionally use excel can we figure this poo poo out e: or if we cant have nice things lets nominate someone (not me) to take submissions and publish a non editble google doc/excel
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