Flight Across China Leaves Man Stranded(and you thought you had a bad day at the office)

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[jocon307]

Per the map he was hardly in the Chinese "interior" at all. Sounds like a Chinese version of that old comedy "The Out of Towners" were Sandy Dennis and I forget who as her hubby have a REALLY BAD DAY in NYC.

This man sounds like a big baby. Guess he wasn't a Boy Scout in his youth.

[Elyse]

I hope his next performance review will note his apparent lack of planning and problem solving skills. It sounds to me as though Intel should stop sending him on trips around the world, since it seems to be too much for him.

My husband told me that on his last business trip to Hong Kong that some of the men that went with him went out with clients drinking on the last night before their morning flight out. The party didn't break up till early in the morning hours. He said one of the men totally missed his flight the next morning and the other men that made the flight looked like total hell and were all miserable and passed out for the whole flight home. I'm wondering if this guy doesn't want to admit that he was just hung over and out of it and that is why he acted so stupid.

[BadAndy]

Interesting story. Maybe he will get his own TV show to compete with "Stranded with Cash Peters"

[geezerwheezer]

Gee, another computer nerd almost bites the dust!!!! What a dork.

[Enterprise]

"Nelson said he ended up at a brothel, and had to "damn near fight my way out."

I'll bet!

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

You may be right.... or maybe he planned the whole thing so he could come home, write a book, make a million dollars... etc.

[Doohickey]

Wow. What a sissy this putz is. *sob*

[Looking4Truth]

What a crybaby.

[RexFamilia]

BS! There are more english speaking chinese people in mainland China, than there americans in CONUS.
Stranded in China without money? A bit hard to believe.
Chinese going out of their way to help? that's a joke.

IMHO, this seasoned traveller fell in "love" with a tiger girl and was cleaned out; too embarassed to state what really happened.

[Texan5]

LMAO! What a wuss this guy is-and his story doesn't even pass the smell test-fighting his way out of a brothel, being "stranded" in a city of over a million people-I don't think so...

[Looking4Truth]

IMHO, this seasoned traveller fell in "love" with a tiger girl and was cleaned out; too embarassed to state what really happened.

Good call, I'm inclined to believe that myself.

Although the next time I see one of those AmEx or rent a car commercials that portray yuppies as 'road warriors', I'll always remember this wuss.

[underbyte]

I just got back from China and I can relate to this guy's problems, My business partner stayed with me most of the time arranging flights, hotels etc. Those times I was on my own it was a real problem they did not take AMEX CC anywhere fortunately I had a pocket full of cash and when I had a problem I just opened it up and and started passing it around.

Surprising how fast problems get resolved with a couple hundred RB

[Timeout]

What an idiot. Instead of having his wife work thru American Express, did it ever occur to either of them to contact the U.S. Embassy?! I don't have a lot of faith in bureacrats, but I'd think they might have had a few helpful suggestions.

[Rebelbase]

"I'm wondering if this guy doesn't want to admit that he was just hung over and out of it and that is why he acted so stupid."

And that he stayed at the Brothel for four days and need the cash wired to him so the bill wouldn't show up on his card.

[Deguello]

"I can't believe he just hopped in a cab and said take me to any hotel."

My boss had a big stack of business sized cards (English on one side, Chinese other) that stated things like: Take me to X hotel, airport and many types of eating establishments.

It was his second trip before he found places that served meat other than pig ears.

[edcoil]

Didn't the story include he had to borrow money? The last brothel I heard of doesn't let you in without money...

[cryptomc]

What an idiot. Instead of having his wife work thru American Express, did it ever occur to either of them to contact the U.S. Embassy?! I don't have a lot of faith in bureacrats, but I'd think they might have had a few helpful suggestions.

Or at least the executives at Intel. Didn't they wonder where their employee was after he didn't show up in Taiwan ?

[jiggyboy]

I've also seen them press down on one nostril and give a mighty blow and shoot snot in all directions out of the other nostril. I know it's unbelievable, but they don't think any of this behavior is rude.

I wouldn't get too worked up about that. Here in the states I've heard it called the "Texas Hankie".