i travel a lot for business. like, a lot. and i have to share with you one of my favorite things.
it’s the people that drive the rental car buses and the hotel shuttles.
it’s a wide range of people that do this but i typically run into older, retired folks and for the past 20 years, i’ve always thought the same thing – someday i will be them. maybe not driving the bus, per se. but older. and hopefully content. suddenly, you realize that you’re working so hard to… drive a shuttle bus someday! if that isn’t enough reason to slow down and smell the roses, i don’t know what is. this puts things in perspective for me. here i am all stressed and stuff, yapping on the phone, texting, emailing, face booking, tweeting, on conference calls, juggling a suitcase and a briefcase, sweating, swearing and worried that things that i can’t control will come to fruition.
i used to fly from love field into houston intercontinental airport. you can’t do that anymore, by the way. but i did it every month for about 5 years going to visit the houston area chevy dealers. there was the nicest man who used to pick me up in the hotel shuttle and drop me off. and it was such a kind interaction. we’d chat about where in africa he was from and how it differed from houston. we’d talk about what was going on in and around houston and texas. it made me remember to slow down and enjoy the process and not always be seeking the finish line. talk to people, learn about someone else.
yep, i appreciate you mr or mrs shuttle bus driver.
