Hanging out with the Euros…
I spent all day day at an offsite with one of the teams I work with. It was their team’s international meeting so there were folks that I talk to all the time from our offices across Europe, Asia, and Latin America (not to mention the US). It’s amazing how constructive and valuable it is to meet people face to face and bond with them, even for only a couple days. I especially love hanging out with the guys from Sydney, who are very laid back and fun, and the Europeans. Hopefully their sense of still will rub off on me and motivate me to update my wardrobe.
After dinner I offered to drop one of them, a teammate from the New York office, off back at her hotel since it was on my way home. As it turns out, folks that have never driven (she doesn’t even have a driver’s license) aren’t so good with directions so we got horribly lost trying to find it even though it’s only a couple miles away. This had apparently been a big concern because quite a few of them from NY and Europe don’t drive and they’re going gokarting tomorrow. Fortunately they sorted it out and just need to provide a valid ID, but it’s just another one of those things you don’t really think about.