Waste of time
The business trip of today was another grand waste of time. Time I could've spend hopping around in Amsterdam, doing some desperately needed shopping and stuff. Or even at home trying to work a bit, I would've even enjoyed that more than this.
Some company in the north of Amsterdam had invited us over, because of the virtual-company project thingy we've got running at college. After getting horribly lost it turned out they're located in some upgraded warehouse deep down in the industrial area. We had some tea and drinks and then came the long and boring presentation about their projects. I was expecting to learn something about the company itself. Instead I now know all the tedious details I didn't want to know about their products. >_<
After two and a half hours of boring chatter and presentational slides we were given a "tour" of the premisses, though it actually was just standing around in the hallways listening to more boring crap. The only good thing about it all was the artwork they had hanging throughout the office, mostly fantasy, angels and even a bit of anthropomorphic works.
On the way home me and three fellow "victims"... I mean, students vented and ranted about how bad the presentation really was. And believe me: it really was bad.
So another eight hours of my day gloriously wasted upon a pointless business trip, of which two were spend driving through Amsterdam, wishing I could've spend the day walking around there, and another two driving to and from Amsterdam, wishing I were home.
The only thing I do know now is that I never, ever want to work at that place. >_
Some company in the north of Amsterdam had invited us over, because of the virtual-company project thingy we've got running at college. After getting horribly lost it turned out they're located in some upgraded warehouse deep down in the industrial area. We had some tea and drinks and then came the long and boring presentation about their projects. I was expecting to learn something about the company itself. Instead I now know all the tedious details I didn't want to know about their products. >_<
After two and a half hours of boring chatter and presentational slides we were given a "tour" of the premisses, though it actually was just standing around in the hallways listening to more boring crap. The only good thing about it all was the artwork they had hanging throughout the office, mostly fantasy, angels and even a bit of anthropomorphic works.
On the way home me and three fellow "victims"... I mean, students vented and ranted about how bad the presentation really was. And believe me: it really was bad.
So another eight hours of my day gloriously wasted upon a pointless business trip, of which two were spend driving through Amsterdam, wishing I could've spend the day walking around there, and another two driving to and from Amsterdam, wishing I were home.
The only thing I do know now is that I never, ever want to work at that place. >_