Today I want to talk about network marketing and air traffic control! What, you have got to be kidding Sherry there is no way you can tie network marketing and flying together – you watch me. I’ll admit it I’m not the best air traveler in the world. But I have discovered the part that is worse than the actual take off and landing is ‘all’ you have to go through to get the privilege to fly!

I was reflecting on the whole process recently and I figured out what my ‘beef’ is with the airline industry. They tell me what to do and I don’t like it! I’ll admit I am a ‘very’ independent person which is why network marketing appealed to me to begin with. I have discovered in my limited flying career that there is nothing independent about flying at all.

First you get to call or log onto at least a hundred different sites to find a plane that is traveling to within at least a thousand miles of where you want to go. After you are ‘told’ you will be flying to New York from Florida by way of Arizona you ‘get’ to pay $1000 for the privilege of doing so!!! You are informed that you ‘will’ get to the airport an hour early so that you won’t hold everyone else up while you are being strip searched!

You get to the airport, check in the bags, get the precious tickets only to find that you are in row A and your husband is in Q! No time to argue that point as you ‘have’ to get in line with all the other inmates to get searched before moving into the next phase – waiting at the gate. You line up, show your ticket and ID at least five times and then you find yourself standing in front of a stack of lovely gray plastic containers.

You are told to take off your shoes, jacket, empty your purse and pockets, take off hair pieces, loose dentures, and any other body part that can be removed! Okay I’m kidding about the hair pieces and dentures but it’s only because they haven’t thought of it yet. As we were approaching the dreaded walk through scanner a security guard took one look at me and stated fairly loud, “You gotten through here with that belt on before that things got an awful lot of metal!”

So off went my belt into the bucket along with my lipstick which had to be placed in a zip lock bag and shoes and jacket. These guys were running around with green plastic gloves on like they were getting ready to perform major surgery! I nudged my husband and said, “See I told you they wanted a piece of your liver and looks like they’re gonna take it right now!”

You finally get clearance from the scanner gang and after you redress you head out to find your gate. You claim your territory and begin the waiting process only to find out ten minutes before the plane is supposed to take off that your gate has been changed from Gate A to Gate Z which is a two mile sprint away!

You grab your stuff, take off and get to the new gate sucking for air just to find out that you are now on a delay and will wait at this new gate for an additional hour! Okay the hour is over and you ‘finally’ get to board the plane which remind you is NOT taking you where you really want to go but several states in the wrong direction.

You spent a lot of time packing everything so carefully only to watch in horror from the plane as the baggage loaders drop your luggage off the cart and back over it before tossing it from 150 feet away into the belly of the plane. By the time you land all the liquids have been mixed and shaken so much your suitcase looks like a rabid dog foaming at the mouth!

For the sake of time this morning I'll stop here. To learn about the connection between network marketing and the airline industry scoot on over to Network Marketing Simplified where you can get 'the rest of the story.'

Until next time!