Friday, 14 October 2005
So you want to be a DevelopMentor Instructor
A colleague of mine lives in LA and was going to teach in Austin Tx. He arrived 30 minutes late on the first day of his class and this is his story:
I had missed my flight from LAX leaving 5:00 pm to arrive 11:30 pm in Austin. I missed it because I'm an hour from LAX, and one of my lovely daughters removed my wallet from the bag it was in, so by the time I realized it I knew I'd miss my flight. No other flights in to Austin from LAX would arrive on time -- time to panic. I ended up taking a 9:00 pm flight to Las Vegas, sitting in a lounge for an hour with a bunch of drunk Minnesotan college students, then getting on a plane to Houston. Arrived in Houston 4:00 am local time. Took a taxi to the *other* Houston airport (there are 2, about 30 miles between them). Rented a car -- literally the *only one* left in Houston because at that time all the Louisiannans have grabbed anything that can get to take them back to the battered Gulf Coast -- and drove 197 miles straight to Austin. Actually I did stop at my hotel to check in and change my ripe clothing, but then went straight to teach.
And we lead such a glamorous life!
Posted by at 7:21 AM in General
