Tales from the SugarBowl #2
I’m contract representative for a major defense contractor. I interface with my government counterpart to manage the contractual relationship between my company and our government customer. We had some guys retire and as a result I was assigned to a couple of contracts, one out of a major Air Force base in the middle of the country and another issued out of a west coast customer. While we have made effective use of modern technology to mitigate the need for face to face meetings…All of a sudden I was traveling almost 50% of the time….and getting very tired of eating (and sleeping) alone… I’m divorced and my travels were having a serious effect on my social life too. I was quietly but constantly complaining to my boss about all this…and trying to get the contracts …