Re: Calstar - Saturday night problems

From: Sean McCauliff ^lt;sean.mccauliff_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Sep 25 2006 - 18:08:16 PDT

On 9/25/06, Lumpy Darkness <darkness.lumpy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/25/06, Sean McCauliff <sean.mccauliff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This would make CalStar much more expensive to attend. Getting there
> > by 9pm is fine. Pack the night before. Leave by 5p with an extra
> > 30minutes to account for traffic problems. But if I need to be there
> > by 8p then I basically need to take off a day from work. I would
> > think the same would apply to many other people coming from from the
> > bay area.
>
> So it is at most a four hour trip? Maybe just take off the last part
> of the afternoon from work by prearrangement? If you left by 3pm
> you'd be there by 8 pm latest.

The prearrangement thing can be dicey. Customer dependent tasks can
require that you perform some task at Friday at 4p for example. Some
employers expect you to stay if "something comes up".

-Sean

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