Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The White Dress Shirt

I've had this white dress shirt for a couple of years. I bought it with the tux I had made back then.

Today I got remarked that this shirt was being worn by about ten other men in the same room. Indeed looking around, I noticed there were a lot of guys wearing this same kind of shirt.

Way to go guys. Be proud, copy my ideas.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Takes Some Time Getting Used To

My first flying experience was quite early on. It was boring, seemed to go on forever, the food was terrible, the seats uncomfortable. Mind you, this was on an airline that grew to be one of the best in the world today. And, compared to others, I was probably incredibly lucky my first experiences weren't with other - lesser - airlines.

Key was the in-flight entertainment, especially if you're flying more than six hours on end. I remember the time when we had to watch a small television screen in the distance attached to the overhead compartment, or the big projector in front of economy class. And we ALL had to watch the same thing.

Flash-forward to now, and we have personal in-flight entertainment. Every seat it's own television screen, and you decide what to watch, listen to or play. What once was a first-class luxury, becomes an economy class staple.

Pity though that the system isn't foolproof. I've had my fair share of flights the past years with in-flight entertainment, and I can't remember a single flight where the system worked perfectly. Either it didn't work, was turned off by flight attendants, the touchscreen was unresponsive, the headsets were broken etcetera.

Now for me, I remember the 'dark ages' of in-flight entertainment, so I'm not too bummed out about it. I am an experienced traveler, I'm patient, I know how things work in an airline, I manage on my own quite nicely.

You can't imagine the complaining though that people around me do about the system not working for them nowadays. They are acting like the airline spit in their face. Like it's a primary life function.

I feel ashamed for the human race.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

If I Knew How To Treat Phobias

You could look to me for a lot of issues. I might have encountered or experienced it before, you know. Could be a phobia as fear of flying, or speaking in public.

As it so happens, I can't really resolve your issue or your phobia. I may be able however to put it to words, and talk about it honestly. Hopefully that gets you north of comfortable.

But if I knew how to treat a phobia, I'd be a physician instead of a consultant. Don't know if that's a good thing or not.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Addendum to Things That Are Absolutely Mad

  • Lines in front of the Abercrombie and Fitch store. Long ones. Like two blocks long.
  • Bouncers in front of the Abercrombie and Fitch store. Big and Bad ones. With ear pieces.
  • Door Bitches in front of the Abercrombie and Fitch store. If you're not dressed cool enough, you cannot come in... to buy a freakin' sweater!
Sometimes people mistake a clothing retailer for a night club. I wouldn't know why...

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Things That Are Absolutely Mad

  • KFC Double Down - a chicken hamburger, but instead of bread more chicken hamburgers. Fat ones. Greasy ones.
  • Touching down in the Netherlands for the first time this year, and the first thing you hear is two women bickering and calling each other ho's
  • Standing around for nine hours in freezing cold to watch the ball drop on Times Square
  • Apple Store Manhattan being open 24 hours, 356 days a year. I think the employees aren't actually human.