What did road warriors do in the old days when they had appointments, or were sick/injured and unable to travel? Like… what happened..?

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You put off doctors apts for months until they had a Friday apt.

You traveled and took 8x as long to recover from the lack of sleep.

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Yup Try to cram as many appointments onto Friday as I could. I don’t miss those days at all.

You… get this… didn’t travel that week. GASP.

Or you shifted your dates on site if it was an appointment that couldn’t be made for a Friday. Or literally lots of other work arounds.

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We scheduled appointments for Fridays whenever possible and just didn’t travel when it wasn’t feasible.

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Wasn’t a big deal. Remote working existed in consulting pre COVID

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"In the old days" 🤣

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Been a road warrior since 2003 until travel stopped due to COVID.

Appointments were scheduled always on Friday when you were back in town (travel Mon-Thurs).

I only got really sick once but that was after I was already on-site at the client location. Went back to the hotel and nursed myself from death until my flight home on Thursday. Then I dragged my sick ass pale ready to puke self through the flight.

Basically you learned to arrange your whole life around your travel schedule.

The worst part is your entire weekends home ended up being more about getting errands done that you couldn’t do because your traveling.

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