I snapped at my dental hygenist tonight.

I didn’t mean to, but it just happened. The same way as this post may sound like a bit of a rant, it isn’t really. It is just a point to explain how people feel when things are said to them.

Here is how the conversation went down:

Hygenist: “You look nice and tanned, were you away?”
Me: “Yes, I was away for work.”
Hygenist: “Where were you?”
Me: “Cancun.”
Hygenist: “Work in Cancun, must be nice.”
Me: “Whatever, let’s move on”.

I really didn’t want to get into anymore with her. This is not the first time, or the second or third that this has happened to me. It happened a couple of weeks ago in a Facebook chat, with similar questions, and when I replied I was going to Cancun for work, the reply was “must be nice”.

My job title is senior travel consultant. Travel agent. Travel Professional. Please note that each of those titles has the word TRAVEL in the title.

The funny thing about is that I compared to some people that I work with, I hardly travel. A co-worker took a three week vacation this past September. I have NEVER taken a three week vacation. I have never taken a TWO week vacation. This summer I took a 10 day vacation. That was the longest “vacation” I have ever taken in my 23 years of working in the travel business.

Yes, I have the opportunity to pay reduced rates for travel to see new hotels, destinations, experiences. It is all to enhance my job description – which is travel sales. If I know more about a hotel, destination, cruise line, theme park, I can sell it better to my customers. If I can make my customers happy, I will make my employer happy. If I can make my employer happy, I get to keep my job. And every two weeks I get a present in my bank account.

That is not any different than anyone that works full time.

I think I will end this here. I think you get the point I am trying to make.

I just read this tonight – “don’t compare yourself to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about”.