Traveling for work can be fun — you can put a dent in your expense account, check out the St. Louis nightlife, and wander freely throughout the day with no fear of reprisal. But communicating properly with those you’ve left behind can sometimes go awry. Over there on the right, you’ll find examples of some mistakes that were actually made (and actually made the headlines). Don’t do what they did — below are a few tools that will help you initiate and maintain some good old, high-quality human interaction while representing at the International Meeting of People Who Do the Same Thing As You.
Shoot Files Through Space
After you’ve checked into the hotel, surveyed the mini-fridge, contemplated charging your company $9 for a bottle of water but decided against it, and arranged your business casual outfits in attractive piles on various pieces of furniture, the next order of business is to check your internet connection and check in with your office-mates. Once connected, an insufferably inept colleague asks you to resend a doc you’ve sent through 5 times already. Resist publicly chastising them and send the file for free. The knowledge that you’re wearing a complimentary fluffy robe and slippers while sending it will mitigate some of the annoyance of the situation.
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