Language is a barrier when you are in China because not just everyone on the streets speaks English, but he was at the airport. He could have asked people at the airline counter to help him book a room at a suitable hotel and call a cab, so that the cab driver knew before he picked him up where he was supposed to take him. I can't believe he just hopped in a cab and said take me to any hotel. I think this guy is just an idiot. I can't believe they wrote up a whole dramatic story about his idiotic adventures.
I can't believe he was actually crying over this whole thing.
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 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.
Language is a barrier when you are in China because not just everyone on the streets speaks English, but he was at the airport. He could have asked people at the airline counter to help him book a room at a suitable hotel and call a cab, so that the cab driver knew before he picked him up where he was supposed to take him. I can't believe he just hopped in a cab and said take me to any hotel. I think this guy is just an idiot. I can't believe they wrote up a whole dramatic story about his idiotic adventures.
Agree with both of you.
This guy seems to have panicked and over-reacted. If he travels in China as much as the article suggests, then he should have picked up at least a little bit of the language. Hell, thanks to a college buddy, even I can order beer in Mandarin. That alone would keep me alive for at least four days! :)