I miss the ladies at your employers travel service... mainly I miss the corporate pricing and the ability to call the number any time of day or night and say, "I don't care where you have to fly me first... JUST GET ME THE F OUTTA PAKISTAN, NOW!!!!"Travel Agencies
I miss the ladies at your employers travel service... mainly I miss the corporate pricing and the ability to call the number any time of day or night and say, "I don't care where you have to fly me first... JUST GET ME THE F OUTTA PAKISTAN, NOW!!!!"
On a serious note, how the F is that "Holbrook Travel" still open in Gainesville? I suspect money laundering, bigly!
Someone gifted me a AAA subscription so I decided to check them out for our Costa Rica trip in 2021. It was a total joke. The guy handed me a brochure of places, told me to take it home and decide on locations and come back later. The internet definitely took out travel agencies.Travel Agencies
I used to work with a guy who position regularly had him traveling to Laredo. After getting stuck there because of various cancellations one too many times, he started flying into San Antonio and renting a car and driving the 150+ miles to Laredo. That way as soon as his work was finished he could leave town and if he got a cancellation, at least he was stuck in a better place. One time he even drove out of Laredo during a tornado warning, figuring it was worth the risk.I miss the ladies at your employers travel service... mainly I miss the corporate pricing and the ability to call the number any time of day or night and say, "I don't care where you have to fly me first... JUST GET ME THE F OUTTA PAKISTAN, NOW!!!!"
On a serious note, how the F is that "Holbrook Travel" still open in Gainesville? I suspect money laundering, bigly!
I used to work with a guy who position regularly had him traveling to Laredo. After getting stuck there because of various cancellations one too many times, he started flying into San Antonio and renting a car and driving the 150+ miles to Laredo. That way as soon as his work was finished he could leave town and if he got a cancellation, at least he was stuck in a better place. One time he even drove out of Laredo during a tornado warning, figuring it was worth the risk.
Where does "Karachi" fit in on that scale of tiers?I used to do similar things.
Flying in/out of a second tier airport is always risky but traveling in/out of a third tier airport is purely insane unless you have a lot of free time on your hands.
Where does "Karachi" fit in on that scale of tiers?
Sex work had largely gone underground and was generally frowned upon.How about careers we thought were dead making a comeback?
I mean, look at piracy. We thought that was ancient history but it's a growing field with bright future. Couple of years ago, it was a few Somalis in a rubber dinghy with a couple of AKs. Now you've got Houthis storming the ship from a helicopter. I'll admit this modern iteration of the swashbuckler of old isn't nearly as glamorous. No peg-legs, no hooks, no parrots, and worst of all, no "Arr". Regardless, murder and mayhem on the high seas is back with a vengeance!
How about mustache wax manufacturing? Never though we'd see mustache wax again after they deposed the Kaiser. Then, hipsters happened. Shaped, twisted, and WAXED mustaches are making a comeback in shapes and styles so wild they would make Hercule Poirot blush.
Then there's the slave trade. Looked like a real dead-end job after the Emancipation Proclamation, amirite? Well, thanks to "modern" Islam, "middle ages" slavery is making an unexpected comeback. Whether for labor or for sex (or both), whatever your taste in age or gender, the Islamic State slave markets have something for you!
Alex.
Where does "Karachi" fit in on that scale of tiers?
My side job as a pinball machine repairman is booming.