Trade Show Day 3: It's a Wrap!
May. 24th, 2023 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerVegas in May Travelog #5
En route to LAS - Wed, 24 May 2023, 2:30pm
Day 3 of this trade show is done, and that's a wrap— and not an hour too soon. I am so tired. Only the knowledge that we were done today at 2pm— and not 7pm like the previous two days— kept me even able to seem cheerful today.
As is kind of typical for these shows, the last hour was mostly us exhibitors talking to each other and taking each other's swag. I scooped several reusable water bottles and a few other things from other vendors. Meanwhile my team and I were successful at shoving all our powered mini bluetooth speakers into people's hands. We don't want to have to pack things to send back to our marketing warehouse! I couldn't get rid of all of our cookies, though. We were left with a few dozen, individually wrapped, to toss into one of the boxes to tape up and hand off to FedEx.
Taking the boxes to FedEx was my last responsibility for the day. ...Other than getting home, that is. A colleague and I packed things up at 1:45. Technically that was 15 minutes early but nobody cared. Nobody was left to care. Most of our team had already left by that point— including our event coordinator, who left two hours early. She had to get to her flight. She booked a flight too early to stay for the whole event. And she's in charge of our presence there. That certainly prompts some amount of "Why TF am I busting my butt anymore?" introspection. 😒 Anyway, the last colleague and I packed up two boxes and took one each down to the FedEx office in Caesars Palace.
Now I'm in an Uber headed to the airport. My flight's not 'til 7:50pm tonight. See, I booked a flight late enough to allow me to stay for the whole event. Now I'll change it. There's a 6pm departure that has seats available still, as well as a 4:20. The latter lands at SJC at 5:45, meaning I could be home just after 6 and have dinner with Hawk. That's what I'll shoot for.
Up next: I catch an earlier flight than expected!
En route to LAS - Wed, 24 May 2023, 2:30pm
Day 3 of this trade show is done, and that's a wrap— and not an hour too soon. I am so tired. Only the knowledge that we were done today at 2pm— and not 7pm like the previous two days— kept me even able to seem cheerful today.
As is kind of typical for these shows, the last hour was mostly us exhibitors talking to each other and taking each other's swag. I scooped several reusable water bottles and a few other things from other vendors. Meanwhile my team and I were successful at shoving all our powered mini bluetooth speakers into people's hands. We don't want to have to pack things to send back to our marketing warehouse! I couldn't get rid of all of our cookies, though. We were left with a few dozen, individually wrapped, to toss into one of the boxes to tape up and hand off to FedEx.
Taking the boxes to FedEx was my last responsibility for the day. ...Other than getting home, that is. A colleague and I packed things up at 1:45. Technically that was 15 minutes early but nobody cared. Nobody was left to care. Most of our team had already left by that point— including our event coordinator, who left two hours early. She had to get to her flight. She booked a flight too early to stay for the whole event. And she's in charge of our presence there. That certainly prompts some amount of "Why TF am I busting my butt anymore?" introspection. 😒 Anyway, the last colleague and I packed up two boxes and took one each down to the FedEx office in Caesars Palace.
Now I'm in an Uber headed to the airport. My flight's not 'til 7:50pm tonight. See, I booked a flight late enough to allow me to stay for the whole event. Now I'll change it. There's a 6pm departure that has seats available still, as well as a 4:20. The latter lands at SJC at 5:45, meaning I could be home just after 6 and have dinner with Hawk. That's what I'll shoot for.
Up next: I catch an earlier flight than expected!
