Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Thoughts while sitting in a meeting

  1. Are we really going to rehash this again? 
  2. Can I subtly signal my irritation at this conversation thread? 
  3. What this conversation needs is a good traffic-flow analysis. 
  4. And now comes the 20-minute tangent...
  5. Isn't my wife great? I love my wife. 
  6. If we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.
  7. Well, wasn't that productive!
  8. What makes people think that talking is going to change things? 
  9. Wow, that person's point just got crushed like roadkill. 
  10. Thanks, EPA, for making those satellite accumulation rules so clear!
  11. Passive-aggression is really excellent. 
  12. Oh, that's an engineering problem. Thank God!  
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10 comments:

  1. bbooooooyaMay 16, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    http://www.despair.com/meetings.html

    What about the Action Items? Who has the Action Items?

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    1. Unstable IsotopeMay 16, 2012 at 11:32 AM

      13a. Assign this action item to the person not attending the meeting

      Delete
  2. AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    13. Well, here goes the last bus.
    14. Why the hell there isn't wi-fi in this room?

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  3. Unstable IsotopeMay 16, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    15. How do I look like I'm paying attention when I'm totally not?

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  4. Unstable IsotopeMay 16, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    16. I would like to disable the color and animation functions on this person's PowerPoint.
    17. Some people should not be allowed to use laser pointers.

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  5. WavefunctionMay 16, 2012 at 11:34 AM

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  6. WavefunctionMay 16, 2012 at 11:35 AM

    18. I am superior to everyone in this room so I really shouldn't have to sit through this.
    19. I am inferior to everyone in this room so I really don't deserve to sit through this.

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  7. WCAMay 16, 2012 at 1:15 PM

    16. I would like to disable the color and animation functions on this person's PowerPoint.

    Good God, yes. Less is more.

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  8. AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM

    There's an hour of my life I'm never going to get back.

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    1. AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 4:40 PM

      An hour? Clearly, you've never been to a real meeting.

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