> And where in this thread have I complained about having to do IT work?
>
> I complained about Acrobat not performing its intended function. I 
> complained about Live Meeting not working properly. I complained about 
> having to deal with people who can't speak English and can't work 
> computers.

All of those seem like completely normal things that an IT person should 
have to handle in the course of their day.  Software not working as it 
should, dealing with people who can't use computers, having to do "IT 
things" for people, all seems reasonable to me.

> If anything computer-related goes wrong, this is by definition *my* fault. 
> No matter how unreasonable that may be...

Did you try explaining your thoughts to these people?

> I gave up trying years ago. Nobody takes the slightest bit of notice what 
> I say. Everybody seems to assume I just don't know what I'm talking about.

Why do you think that is?

> (Like when we leased that extra room, and Fathead had some contractors 
> come in and lay a fiber-optic link between the two comms cabinets. We 
> don't actually *have* any equipment which can interface with fiber-optics. 
> But hey, who asked me? Fathead just comes to me one day and says "so all 
> the comms are live in that room now, right?")

And what happened then after you explained to him the situation? And what 
did he reply when you asked him why nobody consulted you first?

> Well, my skiing trip was kind of different. I didn't have to go by myself, 
> I didn't have to find where I was going, I didn't have to speak to anybody 
> or pay for anything.

On business trips you don't have to pay for anything, and when you get there 
either someone will pick you up or just simply tell a taxi driver the 
address of your hotel.  It's a lot easier and comfortable when you don't 
have to consider how to save money continuously while you are travelling.

The other cool thing is that most companies will allow you to take some 
holiday either before or after your trip to spend some leisure time wherever 
you are going, in some cases this longer stay even makes the plane ticket 
cheaper for them, so you can negotiate them to pay for your holiday 
accommodation too :-)

But then if you're not interested in the slightest of visiting foreign 
countries, then I guess that doesn't appeal to you at all.

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