My latest secret shopping excursion landed me at the airport. Most people would have been greatly perturbed at the notion of leaving a BBQ on a Friday night to ride around in an airport shuttle and submit a report, but I was energized. Instead of taking the airport for what it is at face value - a falsely-secured medium through which travel is procured with the occasional gastric or media distraction - I choose to look at the bigger picture. The airport is a human source of energy, thought, and inspiration in one of its simplest forms. All of the people making their way through the airport have a purpose, whether it be to close a multi-million dollar sale for a pharmaceutical company or personally deliver a happy birthday message to a loved one. (more…)

May 31st, 2008 | The Office, Friendly Encounters, Planes Trains & Automobiles, The Startup | No comments

If I had to pick the worst thing about being sick, I’d have to say it would be trying to sleep when one of your nostrils is completely stuffed up and the other is so clear that it burns to inhale. I woke up yesterday morning feeling like I was doing lines of ammonia the night before. The second worst aspect of being down with the sickness is perhaps the charred throat, which I can only compare to the feeling that maybe light bulb eaters experience after a few nights of great performances. On a side note, my nose is peeling off, eyes sunken so far into my face that I am not sure they will ever reappear, and brain so useless I may as well remove it for a few days for display at the Bodies exhibit down the street. (more…)

May 29th, 2008 | Health, Secret Shopping, Friendly Encounters | 1 comment