I Love A Good Time Change

This was written after a trip to visit the British Columbia Utility Commission staff in Vancouver.

I think I have discovered Nirvana. Flying out to Vancouver on the red eye provides the following benefits, consistent with MXenergy’s core values:

First and foremost, you add 3 hours to the work day -- incredible how that works. You leave at 9:30, have a six hour flight, and arrive at 12:30. Just imagine if you could keep going and never come back!

Second and equally important, you get the morning papers (the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Globe and Mail, National Post) at 4.am so you can read them all before breakfast.

Third, you get all the morning news shows out of the way before dawn. You’re watching the Today Show at 4 am!

Fourth, you save on the cost of a hotel room (as well as all that time packing and unpacking.) Of course, the airport hotel is incredible but since I'm only here for 4 hours I think I’ll try to negotiate an hourly rate next time.

And finally, I get to read the 2 am update from our Toronto marketing staff in real time! These guys are working all the time but it’s incredible when I am actually up when they send out their daily note!

The only disadvantage I can discern is that you have to watch endless clips of hockey on Canadian TV before you get to the news. Who knows, though, I may become a Toronto Maple Leafs fan in which case I expect our Ontario customer count to rise precipitously.