For reasons unknown, my monthly ramblings have been published on the business:life website next to the fine work of real journalists and business gurus, allowing my readers (both of them) to leave comments. At first I thought this an unnecessary facility — I live with my wife and my mother is perfectly capable with the telephone — but I have since been proved wrong by a surprising amount of correspondence from non-family members. So I have decided to address some of the issues brought up online, and will do so from time to time whenever someone makes a valid point or makes me giggle.
The best post so far was from 'HermioneFree', which I do hope is an alias, or your school days must have been hell. Alternatively, it could be from a dyslexic activist who believes in witches, wizards, and Hogwarts — in which case (even without the name) I imagine there has been some awful trauma in your past.
'HermioneFree' explained that all men are boring, that women don't use mobile phones as toys, and that I should explain how women do use them. I would like to formally disagree with the first points, and politely decline from explaining the finer details of the latter, for fear of being boring. Or sacked.
A chap called 'SimonC' left an interesting note damning a certain sharp-edged flip phone, putting him firmly in my good books. His talents stretch further, however, for he declared: "I think it is interesting that certain professions go with certain phones. If you have an iPhone, you can bet you work in the media or IT." Despite mourning my old BlackBerry to the point I feel I have lost a good friend to the plague, I now wield an iPhone 3GS of my own. I work in both media and IT, proving that 'SimonC' has supernatural powers, though he fails to make me reverberate with laughter to the same extent as 'HermioneFree'.
A quick reply to other posts is in order. To 'Julian X', who suggested I should try herbal tea instead of coffee: please don't be ridiculous. In regard to an article on drinking abroad, many thanks to 'colinsaunders' for his kind words of approval. What a nice, if easily satisfied, man. 'Littlebriton': I fear you might be an alcoholic, please see your doctor. 'Edluke': good comment, but please don't show off with long words in quite such close proximity to my short ones. To 'Dipso1', I don't think you get "kindly sommeliers" in international lodges of the travel variety, but I will ask next time.
All your online contributions are greatly appreciated, so please feel free to comment at babusinesslife.com about the highs and lows of your business travelling life. But do use a pseudonym, unless your sense of humour can withstand my sarcasm and poor quips.
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