I am leaving today for (another) business trip to Boston. To make the trip affordable to the company, I am flying home late late Wednesday, even though my business will be done in early afternoon on Wednesday. This leaves me with roughly 6 hours to kill in Boston.
It also appears, finally, to be almost spring, and my feet are totally unprepared.
This leads me to an ethical question. Pedicure on company time: wildly unprofessional or totally reasonable under the circumstances?
pseudostoops 
April 22, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Hey, if you’re flying home at night (“your” time), then I think it’s perfectly reasonable to get a pedicure on “their” time. Tit for tat – it all evens out in the end.
April 22, 2008 at 2:53 pm
COMPLETELY reasonable. Can you do it not just on their time but also on their dime?
April 22, 2008 at 2:53 pm
My feet are also totally unprepared for sandal season.
I say you can’t help that you flight doesn’t leave until later, so therefore that time is yours to do with as you wish.
April 22, 2008 at 3:19 pm
oh TOTALLY ethical. it’s not like your company expects you to force people into having additional meetings with you during those 6 hours, just so you’re “working”.. therefore the time is YOURS. to get a pedicure. 🙂
April 22, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Totally reasonable to do on their time, as long as it’s on your dime. For all they know, you’re thinking about work while you’re at a spa, and that counts as working.
April 23, 2008 at 3:30 am
It’s going to be beautiful here…I say, do it 🙂
Totally unrelated…had I known earlier when you’d be here, we could’ve met up for lunch. I have the week off!
If you think you still could, email me!
April 25, 2008 at 10:58 am
Oh ridiculous! OF COURSE you have the pedicure – it’s not like they’ve scheduled any work for you that you’ll be skipping. Enjoy it.
April 26, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I always bring something to read. I’ve gotten used to it, though I don’t really like being alone in a bar. Restaurants, though, are great places to catch up on reading or grading.
April 26, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Whoops – that needs to go under the other thread.