I travel a lot throughout the year for my task.
- I am a district supervisor for a produce distributor, and half of my task is flying out to our shoppers’ dealers to make sure they are being taken care of and that they have everything they need.
Aside from creating a enjoyable point of contact with new and existing purchasers, it also allows me to find concerns with employees before anything is even reported to our company. Occasionally our shoppers feel love they can trust and make critical comments if they’re confiding in the district supervisor in a face to face conversation. It’s not always self-explanatory to muster up the courage to do this over the iphone, especially if you’re paranoid that word will reach the delivery driver or representative from our company that was giving them trouble. My task isn’t truly hard, but it’s stressful consistently leaving my beach house unattended for days or weeks at a time. It isn’t so strenuous when the weather outside is pleasant, I just have to turn off my water from outside. However, when it gets cold I always run the risk of pipes chilly if I don’t leave the oil furnace running when I leave. This isn’t ideal because the oil furnace will rack up a high heating bill if I set it and forget it at a temperature that is simply too high for 24 hour heating cycles. Once I’m gone, I can’t change it until I get home. Installing a smart thermostat was revolutionary for me. I could not only monitor my oil furnace while I’m away for work, but I can also change the temperature wherever I have a signal on my iphone to access the app for the smart thermostat. If the temperatures outside get warmer, I can adjust the temperature settings on the fly.