5 hours out of a 3 day vacation w/ another 5 hours at the end. Also you're gonna have to do some shit when you get back home to be ready for work on Monday.
Vs.
Hey we're going to be traveling for 6 months, this is just your life now.
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At least on a pilgrimage I can lie down
The monks are not expected to increase shareholder profits in stale air and incessant fluorescent lighting.
I get vibes of "the king requests an audience so you need to travel 20 days to get to the capital" vibes. You need to waste 41-50 days of your life because your manager wants to talk to you face to face for a few minutes.
Trains over planes all day
Leisurely travel vs rush travel? Hmm, I wonder what is better and more enjoyable?!
Would you rather...
- 6-month boat ride to the Holy Land (you believe in it and it's real),
OR
- 5-month plane ride to the 43rd Annual Corporate Circlejerk
5-month plane ride
Is the meeting on Mars?
An alternate version from the 1960s would show taking 3-5 days on a bus to take that 5 hour flight.
Plus, some of y'all ain't never taken a 16 hour flight with a refuel stop at hour 12 and it shows.
When I was in the US Air Force, I returned to the US on a flight they call the Milk Run. There were layovers in Aviano, Madrid, and th Azores Islands (that I can remember, at least). This was over 30 years ago, but if the Milk Run still exists, I would not recommend it.
We went from "the canterbury tales" to "travel vlogging couples"
This juxtaposition does not take into account airports, or airplane seats. I'd absolutely, preferentially fight off waves of brigands. At least you can move around and stretch.