Fucking fuck traveling for work fuck

[CountDeMoney]

Hospitality is a big thing there, and while it's not necessarily about you but about face and local status, you still get to benefit.  Whatever other problems China has, visiting there as a guest of anyone who is remotely anybody is, in fact, awesome even if you're not particularly important.  I imagine it might be even nice if you are some sort of big shot, but even as a fairly average foreigner you get taken care of really well.

You know what else is big there? Industrial espionage.  Leave your Crackberries and laptops at home.  Your shit will be scanned and USB'd before you've had time to check out the hotel bar.

[Monoriu]

I've been dragged to Wellington, NZ, Kuala Lumpar, Perth, Australia, and Beijing. 

[Jacob]

You know what else is big there? Industrial espionage.  Leave your Crackberries and laptops at home.  Your shit will be scanned and USB'd before you've had time to check out the hotel bar.

Heh.  Very possibly.  But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the 1.5 hour massage in your hotel room, paid by your host

[Eochaid]

I've been living in Dublin for 3 years and I hate this place. The one and only reason I ever moved was work

Kevin

[CountDeMoney]

I've been living in Dublin for 3 years and I hate this place.

Tell us why you hate it.  I mean, I know you've got Frenchy in you, so you'd hate anyplace that isn't French, but please expound on Dublin.

[Eochaid]

It expensive as hell (use to be 3rd most expensive city in the world to live in, now down to 7), ugly as fuck, shitty weather, provincial, boring, swamped by stag nights every weekend... oh and the half Dublin's population seems to be afflicted at the same time by delusions of grandeur and an inferiority complex (always compating themselves to the UK)

Kevin

PS: also, massive chav city...

[Iormlund]

There was talk about sending one of us to Iran last year, but nobody wanted to, so nobody did. Someone will have to go to Morocco and southern Italy this year, but that won't be that much of a problem.

[Ed Anger]

I've been to:

London (crap)
Paris (nice)
Milan (okay)
Copenhagen (BORING)
Dublin (meh)
I don't count the canadian cities, as it is America lite. Except Windsor, which reminded me of Back to the Future II, the part about the town run by Biff.

My American list is longer and full of profanity aimed at Chicago.

[Eochaid]

London (crap)

Care to elaborate?

Kevin

[Ed Anger]

London (crap)

Care to elaborate?

Kevin

The place felt dirty and the people were surly. Made quite a negative first impression to me. A bunch of fat, poorly dressed goobers. Plus I got the feeling that if they had the chance, I'd have a knife in my back if I didn't stay fully alert. I think my suit attracted the scum of England.

[garbon]

London (crap)

Care to elaborate?

Kevin

He irrationally despises England.

[derspiess]

The place felt dirty and the people were surly. Made quite a negative first impression to me. A bunch of fat, poorly dressed goobers. Plus I got the feeling that if they had the chance, I'd have a knife in my back if I didn't stay fully alert. I think my suit attracted the scum of England.

Try wearing a suit in downtown Cincy.  Every 5 seconds some bum will ask you for money. 

[Ed Anger]

The place felt dirty and the people were surly. Made quite a negative first impression to me. A bunch of fat, poorly dressed goobers. Plus I got the feeling that if they had the chance, I'd have a knife in my back if I didn't stay fully alert. I think my suit attracted the scum of England.

Try wearing a suit in downtown Cincy.  Every 5 seconds some bum will ask you for money.

I avoid that shithole too. One day, I'm going to go nuts on I-75.

[garbon]

Every 5 seconds some bum will ask you for money. 

In San Francisco, that happens no matter what you are wearing. You learn to tune them out.

[derspiess]

In San Francisco, that happens no matter what you are wearing. You learn to tune them out.

Now that I get to wear jeans to work, I never get hassled.  My "leave me the f*ck alone" scowl tends to help with that as well, I guess.