What's your "I'm a consulting stereotype" moment?
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+ Making pages for everyday life
+ Never checking luggage, even on leisurely travel
+ Joining early AM calls before even getting out of bed
+ Asking, "what's the 'so what?'" when someone is getting long-winded
+ Speaking about things in terms of "impact" despite not doing anything truly impactful
When the large custom builder we used to build our home was impressed that I had taken their upgrade and cost options handouts and automated it all in Excel and could come up with the new cost of the home as we discussed changes before they could. They said you basically put our computer system into excel.
Dragging my Tumi aggressively to the gate
I don't have bandwidth to answer this right now.
Spending an extra $250 on a personal international flight because it's with my airline
I have so many badges from different client buildings I feel like James Bond
Obsessively checking miles and points
Can only take phone calls with headphones in
Disliking people who take too long to get through security.
When you edit and format spreadsheets your fam/friends make to plan trips, split bills, etc.
I like to use the word "delta"
When my SO and I worked remotely together for a week. He's in tech and that week he rebuilt and entire software platform that had stalled. I made a deck. And edited it. And edited it. The whole week.
I use my Deloitte conference ID to have conference calls with family in multiple counties. And ask "who just joined?"
Found myself mentally assessing the operational efficiency of the hospital emergency department. While being attended to as a patient.
‘Leverage’
“friends with benefits” in multiple zip codes
When you are sitting next to your senator on a flight home.
Found myself trying to optimize the TSA process while in line
When person on plane asks what you do and you say you're a consultant. And then they ask what do you consult? And you don't know how to respond in a way that would make any sense to the person asking
Knowing the hotel lounge food rotation
Assigning action items and asking for ETAs to my family while planning my sister's wedding