In LA. Weekend Trade Show.
Jul. 28th, 2022 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerHilton LAX - Thu, 28 Jul 2022. 9pm.
I'm in town, in Los Angeles, for a weekend trade show. After I walked from the airport to the hotel it was straight to work. Here's an outline of my schedule over the next few days:
One thing you may notice is not in my itinerary is any sightseeing. There really isn't time. And that's typical; work trips are work trips. If this trade show were scheduled during the week I would've looked to extend it with a weekend for personal travel. But it's not, so I didn't.
BTW I'm not feeling salty about working through the weekend. For one, I consider occasional sacrifices like this part of working a travel job in sales. I figure it'll balance out in the end. ...To that point, my boss offered right away to give me two comp days without me having to ask. I'm taking those next week Friday and the following Monday. But for now... work, work, work!
I'm in town, in Los Angeles, for a weekend trade show. After I walked from the airport to the hotel it was straight to work. Here's an outline of my schedule over the next few days:
- This afternoon was booth setup. Responsibility for that fell primarily on my marketing events colleagues. I helped them a bit to be a team player but mostly spent time familiarizing myself with the A/V and wifi setup for my workshop tomorrow morning (see below).
- Tonight I was invited to a reception party down in Manhattan Beach. I wasn't interested in a high energy party. Instead I walked out to a casual restaurant nearby, and now I'm relaxing in my room. I might try to do 30-45 minutes of work tonight. Also, LA ProTip: DO NOT try to go anywhere during rush hour traffic (or weekends after 10am). On a map Manhattan Beach looks like it's 7 miles away, but it could be an hour.
- Tomorrow I'm teaching a workshop. It'll be 3 hours of presenting. After that, a lunch break, then working in the booth the rest of the day.
- Saturday and Sunday I'll be in the booth. It's unclear to me how busy the conference will be over the weekend. On the one hand, a weekend conference means people can attend without having to take time off from work. On the other hand, a weekend conference means people have to take time off from leisure to do stuff related to work.
- Sunday the show ends at 2pm (Friday and Saturday run 'til 6) so I'll be able to catch a flight back home in time for dinner with Hawk.
One thing you may notice is not in my itinerary is any sightseeing. There really isn't time. And that's typical; work trips are work trips. If this trade show were scheduled during the week I would've looked to extend it with a weekend for personal travel. But it's not, so I didn't.
BTW I'm not feeling salty about working through the weekend. For one, I consider occasional sacrifices like this part of working a travel job in sales. I figure it'll balance out in the end. ...To that point, my boss offered right away to give me two comp days without me having to ask. I'm taking those next week Friday and the following Monday. But for now... work, work, work!
