ditto.
and actually Lou, I’ve been comtemplating going for some time now. To assume we would never go is beyond my thinking as to where you came up with that;
I am extremely well travelled and in fact have been to every state in the US except 4.
I just don’t like the idea of HAVING to go in order to get a fair shake; or to feel like I got my money’s worth for the shaving I take …. good golly Ark, was it really 3 or 4 in row.
I thought it seemed like that; but didn’t dare say it.
I resent anytime somebody or some situation forces my play.
and any negativeness (of which I admit) was aimed not at ruining anybody’s trip. but rather at the people or forces behind these “get togethers” which yes, I ultimately am paying for; and I don’t care if its only $20. It aint right.
it would be different if there were truly a good reason for attending, and while I completely agree it is a good way to meet the people you work with;
although I’ve not met them in person, I deal with them all the time. Why would I want my vacation from my everyday toils; to include spending the majority of my vacation going thru a bunch of pleasantries which personally, mean very little to me. And with people whom I work with all the time. Its like leaving your job to go hang out with everybody from work.
Its what a person does and how they treat others on a day by day basis that counts with me, not whether they’re willing to slap me on the back and buy me a beer twice a year.