OK, here is the analogy as relates airline flying:
Originally Posted by
Dan64456
Or how about this life...
Get up, get shower, brush teeth, get dressed, TRY to eat breakfast, sit in traffic, walk to train, sit on train, walk to work, get to work, get coffee, sit down in cubicle, sit down in cubicle, sit down in cubicle... wait you are still sitting down in the cubicle. listen to the gossip/politics goin on around you.. hear about how your job can be outsourced to India if they wanted to
Get up, get shower, brush teeth, get dressed, do not eat breakfast (because the hotel doesn't have continental breakfast, or you are leaving too early that it isn't put out yet). Get to airport, go through airport security, put jacket back on, belt back on, reassemble baggage trailer. Get into airplane. Listen to gossip/politics going on at the company and the industry as a whole, hear about how your job is going to be outsourced or just eliminated altogether.
...deal with the co worker that doesn't do any work and pawns it off on you, and makes more money than you... deal with the CEO's kid or relative that is dumber than a brick despite his fully paid for education, watch them move up around you to higher positions because of their last name, while you remain the same, and sit in the cubicle... wait that 23 year old got a corner office now? Yup you are still in the cubicle. Time to go home yet?
deal with the captain that makes more money than you, hold your breath for the seniority to move, but it doesn't. You cannot work your way into a higher position. The conga line moves when it moves. Still in the RJ? Damn. Time to go home yet? No, 4 more days to go.
finally. walk to train, sit on train, walk to car, sit in traffic, walk to house, sit down fighting the urge to pass out... argue with the wife b/c you are ****y and miserable from the day… go to bed, get up, repeat. 5 days a week every week. Only 1 - 4 day weekend per year (thanks giving). 99% of the rest of the time, its 5 on, 2 off. Oh, don't let me forget about the select favorites that get work from home privileges, when you don't or wont... Despite the fact that you BUILT THE FKN VPN.
Finally back to domicile. Sit at airport for 3 hours waiting for commute flight to leave, walk to gate, get on the airplane LAST, cram between 2 fat ladies in seat 22B, listen to screaming kids all excited about disney world while your seat is kicked for 2 solid hours by the kid behind you. Rule of commuting: The guy in front of you, no matter where you sit, will recline his seat back. Get home, argue with wife because you are ****y and miserable from the last 4 days. Go to bed, wake up, do house chores, mow the lawn, go to the bank, pay the bills, do your bid, plan your next commute. YOU WILL NEVER WORK FROM HOME, impossible in this business.
Sorry man, the argument doesn't hold up.