My Life in Airports

So - I am sitting in the Burbank airport. My plane was delayed - not the 45 minutes that it said when I checked on the web, but more like 1hr 45min. I was walking around on Hollywood Blvd. and taking stupid pictures of the stars on the sidewalk and people's hand and foot impressions in front of the Chinese theatre - I could have stayed for another hour! Oh well.

I was here in Burbank to train people at Warner Bros. that's Bros. - not Brothers - I was informed that it is NEVER spelled out. Hmmm. There are giant bronze statues of Buggs and Daffy in front of the building I was in. I was just down the hall from the production offices for "Smallville" and some new show called "Mercy Reef". It sounds cool - but it wasn't a big deal, I saw no stars! I did see Steven Hawking - he was on my plane from Seattle (which was also delayed).

There was a woman in the class here that was just....stupid. She not only did not understand even the basic things about computers, but also had no basic logic skills or common sense. Worst of all is that she is an outside contractor they hired to TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES!!! I couldn't believe it. She didn't get that links are blue and underlined - "Which ones are the links - how are you supposed to know?" She said at one point that she had found the help button and typed in redflag but didn't get any help at all. I tried to explain that you would need to use the correct terminology in order to find information in the help section and she was really surprised - I can't remember what she said, but it was almost as if she had NEVER done any kind of keyword search, or internet search at all. She was one of the most computer illiterate people I have EVER seen. Really weird.

Next week I am flying to Chicago to attend a class about ReportNet - a product that I am developing training for. This is very good news as I have been asking for help for some time now and no one at my company knows any more about the product than I do (a very sad state of affairs if I know the most!) I fly to Austin directly from Chicago and spend Saturday and Sunday with my Texas family - then drive to Dallas Sunday night and teach a class there Mon, Tues, Wed.

I have been trying NOT to listen to the rude cell phone guy near me, but it's not working. He has been calling person after person and telling them all about how great he his. He has already driven away 4 people - the last of which just got up cussing and murmuring something about "idiot exhibitionist". There is also a 5 year old boy playing with a LOUD LASER gun. His father is watching a DVD with headphones on and is totally oblivious to the nasty looks other people are giving him. WOAH! Cell phone boy has now made his 7th phone call since I have been sitting here!

OK - still bored - I think I will go look at the news stand now.