All you need is a chair for an office

This post is for everybody who says traveling is fun and they wished they could travel. I’ve been on the road for 3 weeks now, after my company announced a new product. For two back to back weeks, I was in FL attending a tradeshow and a sales conference. While I was there, I received a call from someone at the company we are working with, asking if I would be interested in presenting our new solution to the senior execs and their marketing organization.

I jumped at this opportunity to get more exposure for this new solution. So I fly up to NJ without really knowing what to expect. Once I landed I was immediately asked to participate on a conference call. That lasted for 1.5 hours. Luckily I was able to check into my hotel as soon as I got here pretty early and get all set up.

I rush over to the other hotel where the conference was going to be held and meet up with the person that asked me to come. I see 8 other “partners” of this company setting up their booths with big time canvas backdrops and the like. I look and have a monitor for me to plug in my laptop and then say to myself, “oh boy. We need something quick". So I left about an hour later after picking my spot and head over to Kinkos to get some banners and flyers printed.

After about 2 hours, now about 5:30pm, I pick up my “collateral” and head over to a pizza joint to get some slices of NJ pizza.

I go back to my hotel room and work for the next 4.5 hours, finally crashing about 11:30pm.

I wake up the next morning about 7AM and start getting emails, getting ready for breakfast and then head out about 10AM for the event. I have to set up all of this “stuff” and have 30 minutes to do so. " (Note: it was two display stands with my brochures, a 6”h x 24”w banner that I place under the TV, and my devices. 10 minutes flat A Guinness world record.

After about 2 hours of non-stop talking with what felt were a ton of people, I tear down my booth. Again, another speed record. 5 minutes flat. Quick – Call Guinness I tell you!

Right about that time, I get a call from US Airways that my connecting flight was cancelled due to a storm in the area, and that my 1st flight was delayed by an hour. My original flight was at 5:30 and it was pushed to 6:30. I take my time, make a few phone calls and then head to the airport with plenty of time to spare. I also go and stop for gas on the rental since I have soooo much time.

I check in, go through security, and board my plane. We wait about 30 minutes and the pilots start to buzz the flight attendants to inform them of something. I say to myself “uh oh. this can’t be good.”

Sur enough it was not. The flight was cancelled and we are taken off of the plane. They tell us that US Airways has 2, I repeat, 2 agents rebooking flights for people. I get on the phone right way, “cause I am a world traveller you know”, and call US Airways. They tell me that the next available flight was a 5:00AM the next morning.

At this point I pull my computer and rent another car. It is 7:30pm and I have a 5AM flight. I have no intention of checking into a hotel and oversleeping or sleeping at the airport. So I rent a car and go visit some family about 45 minutes away. It’s raining cats and dogs. I knew something was not going to be good when they announced on the TV this morning that the governor had already declared it a state of emergency. Wow.

I go and have a great visit with my family, reminiscing of the old times, and finding out more information on my grandparents and other relatives. I head back around 11:30 and get to the airport at exactly 12:30am. I look for a great place to plug in and charge my PC, my router, and my phone.

So here I am. It is 1:30AM and I am “working” in my new found office at the airport. You see, I am a world traveller and all I need is a chair for an office