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Well. I am behind. I know. Way busy - lots of keyboard time for work so I don't feel like blogging. Need to change that. ;)

I am in India now and will be heading to the US next week. Then back from that and off to Japan and then going down under. After that? China. After that? India and then back down under. Yeah - I am on the road until early April. Welcome to my work.

Service. I like service. What I mean is good service like when you go eat or when you check into a hotel. I remember reading once about being over-serviced and how it tends to happen in Asia. This week bopping around India and staying at some nice places I must say I feel the same way. Let me first confess that staying at nice places while working in India is great. Because traveling on airplanes in India sucks. Driving around in India sucks and in general trying to conduct business in a timely fashion in India can just plain suck. Got on a plane today in Delhi. Sign on the plane - 50 year anniversary. Was not sure if they meant the company or the plane...

Back to the subject matter. This over-service thing can get irritating especially when you let the service happen at every turn because then the person offering you the service is expecting tips. I am okay with that but then they need to be okay with me turning down the service so that one, I don't have to be bothered and two, I don't have to tip them. So when I get out of the hotel car and I say I can get my own bag - I mean it. I carry it all the time when no one is there to help me anyway. I personally don't like waiting in my room for my bag to reach me. I like to carry it with me. So ask me once and if I say yes- then go ahead and grab the bag. If I say no- then leave it alone and please don't make me say no 5 times.

Room service. Bring in the tray and let me sign the bill because if I say I can take care of it then I really can. Can I pour your coke? No - I can do it later, thanks. Can I take the lid off of your tray- no, I want to do it when I eat it and I want it to stay warm. You get the drift. Service is great but don't rub it in to the point that it starts to feel like an intrusion and less like service. Asia has great service and I have come to be spoiled by it but there are times when you want a little less service than they are pushing on you.

Hope I don't sound bitter...

Wow. Talk about something weird? How about a born again KORN band member. That is heavy!

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cya