10 – If it is 7:45 AM, they’ll be huddled in a bunch in a hotel lobby talking too loud. If it’s 7:45 PM, they’ll be huddled in a bunch in the hotel bar, talking too loud.

9 – Reading yesterday’s USA Today.

8 – When they first meet, they intensely question each other about the most recent and most boring travel details. “Didja come here through Chicago or Philly?“

7 – After that questioning, they question each other on what time their flight home is. “You on the six o’clock through Minneapolis, or the later one through Atlanta?“

6 – On the first day in a city, they’ve already made an airport shuttle reservation for that flight home.

5 – Bragging about taking three flights home for extra frequent flier miles towards next year’s Chairman Status.

4 – Debating which airport has the best frequent flier club, which airline has the best first class seats, which airport has the longest delays, which network gives out the best ‘SWAG’ and who got screwed worse by the travel department this week.

3 – Standing in a pack wearing the same network ‘uniform’ – a jacket, shirt or hat with the network logo on it.

2 – Stories that start with, “I did a show one time…”

1 – Bloodshot eyes. Always look for the bloodshot eyes, it’s a dead giveaway.

Author: frenchy