[nickcarraway]

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[RadioAstronomer]

I used to commute across the US for work. Every Monday morning, I would hop a jet to SanFran (stay at a hotel) and every friday evening, I would hop a flight back. I did that for three years. (Fortunately before 9/11)

[SouthernFreebird]

Good God some people are stuck on stupid.

[Dark Skies]

What a dumb@ss. Telecommute, move or get a flying car!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

the man works at Cisco and doesn't telecommute?? Holy cow, I have a cisco program on my PC that I use by accessing any wireless connection and can go anywhere by IP my customers are..

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This guy apparently has no time with his kids. What a life (not). I have always chosen to live near my job - 15 minute drive is enough for me. Any farther than that, I can't keep sane at home with my family.

[Malsua]

When I worked in Manhatten, I knew a number of folks that lived in upstate New York like Albany, Rochester, Ithaca, etc. They would commute in Monday morning, usually by train. They'd Have a dive they flopped at mon-thurs and went home Friday. I thought THAT was nutz but could understand it. 6 figure Manhatten salaries living in a huge home in the country is one way to get ahead

This guy takes the cake.

[Centurion2000]

I must say that unless Dave Givens is running Cisco, he's a complete idiot for wasting 5 hours a day of his life just to get to work.

[Living Free in NH]

I had a 190 mile round trip commute when I lived in Maryland - from St Mary's county to Rockville. I was a shift worker so it wasn't too bad because I never hit rush hour. The occasional 12 shift made for a long day and short turn-around, but the commute really wasn't too bad.

When I got a new job that gave me a 50 mile commute it seemed like a ride around the corner...

[aShepard]

Total Idiot Alert!

[Oliver Optic]

who pounds more than 30 cups of coffee by the end of the day

Yikes ... I thought my 3 cups a day and 45-minute commute to Birmingham were stretching it.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The glorious Yosemite country and horses make the commute worth the effort to Givens – who pounds more than 30 cups of coffee by the end of the day.

According to the article, Givens gets to spend about 8 hours at home each day during the week - time he presumably uses to sleep. Whoever's enjoying the country and the horses, it sure isn't him. No amount of country and horses could make me spend that much time commuting each day.

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[Disambiguator]

I'd like to know what brand of car this guy drives, so I can buy stock. He probably has to get a new vehicle every year.

372 miles X 5 days a week X 50 weeks a year = 93,000 miles per year.

[xjcsa]

Well. My new job involves a two-stoplight, one-mile commute; if traffic is light I can make it to work in about 140 seconds (both stoplights are right turns). Heavy traffic gets the time up near four minutes.

[flashbunny]

What a fool.

If he really wants to live where he lives and work where he works, he should buy an old cessna and cut about 4+ hours from his commute time every day.

Let's see, 50 weeks x 20 hours a week saved = 1000 hours more time a year he'd have with his family.

Either he must hate his family or he's an idiot.

[Redcloak]

I knew a guy who lived in the Moreno Valley and worked in Chatsworth. According to Google, that's a 101 mile trip. The guy was a zombie by the end of the week.

[zeaal]

Oh, my goodness!

[posterchild]

35 hours per week spent commuting at a minimum. If he couldn't telecommute he could instead get a second job and afford to live closer.

For many years my commute was 11 minutes of walking through a U. campus each way, and I'm moving to telecommuting:) (Just ended that job to work on my own business ideas.)

[Owl558]

I used to commute from Stockton to the Cisco home office (~140 miles/day) and almost went insane with the time spent in the car. I moved out of my trophy house and came closer in once I realized that my family is far, far more important.