all work no ride

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Thank you for thw pictures. Its wonderful that you can get away like that.

And thank you all for comiserating with me.

Yes I did offer to take the consulant to an Itallian restaurant. "NO. makes me sleepy afterwards"

Chinese then? "My wife is from Beijing. She cooks REAL chinese."

He likes Thai. He likes fast Greek place. He likes Wahoo fish taco place. did get him to El Pollo Loco, a regional chicken place. Better than Church's... He didn't care for that too much. Fatburger where they have turky burger besides real burger was ho-hum.

Or he does like suhi, but I have a hard time submitting an expense report for $100 lunch bill. My boss wouldn't approve after a while anyway. Once was bad enough.

I also did ask one of the engineers to take him out. He FORGOT!! When asked, he says he doesn't eat lunch but when I invite/drag him or others out for lunch (I drag them out on rotation), he is more than willing come. I even told him just expense it out. Still, the engineer didn't take him out. Frustrating. I asked other engineers and none of them would have any part of it. I just don't understand. If my boss asked me to take a customer out for a lunch or dinner, I would.

And I know at my last company and my previous boss, they would on occasion take a customer to a titty bar or a strip joint. OMG!! And on one occasion, one of the marketting reps took bunch of Japanese to a shooting range. That, appearently went quite well. All the Japanese were beaming with big smile the next day. They also loved a huge bar-b-q at the office. Something they can't do and get in Japan.

Well, I just have to go for a ride this weekend. My chores be damned.

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