I recently went on a business trip that was completely disastrous.
I was invited by a company to head up there direction for an interview on site.
I was really excited for the opportunity, but it was complicated to get 600 miles away for the event. The company wanted me to fly in, but I told them I was pretty uncomfortable with that. Still, they are insistent that I fly through the air rather than flying down the road, I don’t know what difference it made to them. Instead of being able to ride in the comfort of my own car, controlling my own environments, I had to get on a stupid airplane for the whole thing. I love to be in the car and have my own HVAC control most of all. I don’t like to be at the mercy of strangers to decide what kind of indoor air I will be sitting in for the entire day. I’m a pretty big fan of keeping the environment fairly warm and with as little drafts as possible. That’s why I was completely miserable when I arrived at the airport and they had their AC blasting on overdrive. It felt like a damn cooler in there. There was cold air blowing from every single direction, to the point that my dress was blowing around in the breeze. I was so cold and covered in goosebumps as I waited through security, I was praying that the plane wouldn’t be the same. Unfortunately, the plane was exactly was cold as the airport. I had the worst flight of my life, and arrived at the interview half frozen to death. The office wasn’t any better. Needless to say, the interview didn’t go great and I didn’t get the job. Next time let me choose my own HVAC settings.
