Meetings

[Bonnie]

I don't like meetings - at work, that is.

For me they are a colossal waste of time, and being the task-oriented person I am, well, I just don't want to interrupt my perfectly good roll to sit in on one.

But, unfortunately for me, corporate America thrives on these things, so we can be face to face while we don't know what we're talking about.

Because I'm in a job new to me, I also feel totally inept, inadequate and thoroughly stupid sitting in the room with the eyes imploring me to make a sound.

Every once in a while I nod, or I say, right out loud, "That's right!"; but truthfully I have no idea what I'm talking about.

I figure once I get more time in, I might have something to contribute; until then, I sure wish they'd pass me by as they're on the way to the next one.

[jkdavies]

on the other hand, they are a fascinating place to people watch...
the egoists, the manipulators, the plodding cogs in the machine being pushed this way and that by the cleverer or more dominant members...

[michael r. oconnor]

I left corporate america years ago and never looked back. It took that "last meeting" to light a fire under my ass and seek other means of support. I feel your pain. Nice piece.

[Cath Barton]

I spent too much of my working life in meetings and I agree, oh how I agree. Tell you what - it's not you that's inept, inadequate and stupid - it's the big egos running these meetings.

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

I spend most of my days in meetings so that I can go home and spend most of my evenings doing the work that I couldn't do during the day.

[Jared Handley]

"so we can be face to face while we don't know what we're talking about." HA! Way to make something so miserable so much fun to read about. Truly a talent.