Anonymous wrote:

Op, is your coworker a millennial? Has to be.


LadY, stop with the millennial crap. OP said co-worker is in her 40s.

I wouldn't be surprised if the OP was a millennial. OP, are you younger than this co-worker?

Anonymous wrote:I would normally leave without her. BUT -- if explicitly ordered to babysit her, I would have:

1. Called her to make sure she was up.
2. Called to make sure she was on her way.
3. Knowing she had never traveled before, walked her through each and every step: here's how the security lines work, here's what you might want to wear, here's our seat selection, here's the bathroom. Yeah, that level of detail.

You might think about how you approach someone this inexperienced. It makes me think about how parents write posts about "Why does my kid not know how to find a lost library book?" BECAUSE THEY DON'T.

Anonymous wrote:They were going to the client meeting... so .... it sounds like she was coming from HER house and left the laptop in her car etc. How can the OP be responsible for waking her up and getting her to the airport. I can understand if they were mid-travel then he could have reasonably taken some responsibility for her... but.... she should be totally responsible for getting to work on time.

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately you have to take the fall for this. You missed the flight, and boss blames you. As a PP said, next time treat coworker entirely like a baby. Heck, give wake-up calls and send a taxi or whatever.

You know what really irritates me about it? We weren't late for our meeting, and we didn't accrue any additional expenses but he's still pissed at me because I "let it happen".

Anonymous wrote:Is coworker black?

Anonymous wrote:I posted a while back about having to take a new coworker on a business trip with me. She is brand new to business travel - any kind of air travel, really - so I made sure we had plenty of time.

1. She woke up late
2. Was at the airport and hour and a half later than we agreed to
3. Left her laptop bag in her car
4. Didn't know you couldn't bring liquids through security
5. Wore these ridiculous 4 inch heels so she could barely walk through the terminal.

I basically dragged her as fast as I could through the airport, and we still missed our flight. Our manager is furious with me because I didn't explain to her about the liquids and that she couldn't carry on a giant suitcase, etc, or explain to her her decent travel attire. I guess I am wondering if this is really my responsibility? I travel 150,000 miles a year and it never occurred to me to tell someone in 2015 that they can't bring a huge bottle of shampoo or a giant suitcase on the plane. I was at the airport almost 3 hours before our flight, but there wasn't much I could do besides call her when she didn't show up on time.

How do I fix this in the future? I am not her manager.

Anonymous wrote:I guess I was so worried about our vendor visit and her dressing appropriately that I didn't focus on anything else. She's a very new hire, and we had to make it clear that jeans aren't appropriate for a supplier meeting. I am technically skilled at my job, but am not so much a people person.

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Anonymous wrote:
You shouldn't have waited. I don't wait for anyone. If DH is late, I leave without him.

I was explicitly told to stay with her because she hasn't traveled before.

Op, is your coworker a millennial? Has to be.


LadY, stop with the millennial crap. OP said co-worker is in her 40s.