Ever Been In a Meeting With These People?

Ever Been In a Meeting With These People?

by Amanda Blain
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Sometimes I sit in meetings… Especially Volunteer Meetings… Look Around… Become concerned for humanity… Nod a few times. Leave and hope the next meeting is not for at least another week.

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Carlito Bangcuyo
Carlito Bangcuyo
11 years ago

The next meeting always has some rehash of the last meeting. The meetings that I really don't like are the pre-meetings to meetings.

You ever had those +Amanda Blain??

Gord Wait
Gord Wait
11 years ago

Every week..

Amanda Blain
Amanda Blain
11 years ago

OHHHHH the Pre meeting REHASH  … yes of course!… eeeck

Ted McCune
Ted McCune
11 years ago

I do government work. They love meetings and conference calls. I have yet to attend any that did more than just waste my time. I don't get the fascination with meetings. Nothing ever gets done in a meeting.

Dwayne Hing
Dwayne Hing
11 years ago

LMAO!!

Michael Damond
Michael Damond
11 years ago

I must use that line in a presentation!

edwin montes
edwin montes
11 years ago

yes

Gary MacDonald
Gary MacDonald
11 years ago

Meetings are a practical alternative to work.

Ted McCune
Ted McCune
11 years ago

+Gary MacDonald. Love it: I concur.

Jason Dreyer
Jason Dreyer
11 years ago

I can totally relate to this. Graphs just to make a pretty picture that don't tell the true story.

Gary MacDonald
Gary MacDonald
11 years ago

3/4 of Meetings I attend I am thinking about something else entirely. I find them for the most part, waste of time and the one giving the meeting trying to impress us with His/Her abilities to play with Excel and Powerpoint.

Bravo. When's lunch?

Shar Banning
Shar Banning
11 years ago

I hate the pre pre meeting the most, that's where all the damn work comes from.

Gabriel Bergevin-Estable
Gabriel Bergevin-Estable
11 years ago
David Miranda
David Miranda
11 years ago

You just have to love being in a meeting where they schedule a meeting to talk about the upcoming meeting that recaps the first meeting you were in.

Dustin Schmidt
Dustin Schmidt
11 years ago

Meeting-ception?

Gourav Sahare
Gourav Sahare
11 years ago

Hehehe????
I'm gonna use this

Rupert Wood
Rupert Wood
11 years ago

those sort of meetings where you count how many different TLA's are used? (Three Letter Abreviations)

Best bit if it's like this is to interrupt and ask what that TLA meant. Usual response is 'Whats a TLA?' followed by an embarrassed look when they find out…

Phillip Ryan
Phillip Ryan
11 years ago

I was in a meeting like this yesterday except the bars were tall and went to short

Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis
11 years ago

kill me now

Gary MacDonald
Gary MacDonald
11 years ago

 we call it "State Tourism". People show up for the sole reason to get out the project/task they are working on to have a liable good excuse and burn up an undetermined period of time. Translation: No one is really all that eager, just the new guy/gal.

Mike G
Mike G
11 years ago

Oh, I could tell you some stories!

Gord Wait
Gord Wait
11 years ago

Time for a round of "bs bingo"..

Bob Bergerson
Bob Bergerson
11 years ago

lol

Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu
11 years ago

LOL

Lawrence Grodecki
Lawrence Grodecki
11 years ago

lol Amanda…time to raise the bar! This reminds me of my favorite bar chart regarding art…it's in a video presentation about a guy who has his own cult following.

Father Guido Sarducci on art school

amanda L
amanda L
11 years ago

LOL

budi santosa
budi santosa
11 years ago

serius ini meting

alberto castro
alberto castro
11 years ago

love

Sharon Strandskov
Sharon Strandskov
11 years ago

Ha! Yep. My strong feelings about the overwhelming amount of unproductive meetings resulted in making a flowchart for the department at my last job on when to call a meeting, when not to, and how to conduct one properly: plus.google.com/117958363368979774542/posts/NBMXGNh8k9Z
(yes, I know about the typos, and it isn't as pretty as it should be… I ought to redo it one of these days)

Lawrence Grodecki
Lawrence Grodecki
11 years ago

Any meeting held with 12 people or fewer is simply uncivilized if there is no cheesecake being served…at the very least the cake makes a pie chart at least bearable!

MIODRAG VASILJEVIC
MIODRAG VASILJEVIC
11 years ago

MEETINGS are phenomenal THING
NONE OF THEM compelling need to worry
Just relax and ENJOY
ALL SATANCI have beautiful and ugly side
I KNOW
MANY SMALL RUNIH A FINE AND YOU LOOK TO RETAIL
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Allah Ditta
Allah Ditta
11 years ago

meeting are held for something comply not formality at all time

Michael Bradley
Michael Bradley
11 years ago

+Amanda Blain I always take my laptop to meetings and just keep designing and coding whatever it is I'm supposed to be designing and coding that will be due by the next meeting.  

 I have learned to despise initialism.  I'll be making use of the "TLA" comment.

Gary Lacey
Gary Lacey
11 years ago

When I think about it, I have been in more meetings over the years then I can count. We all have been there when we want to just get up and leave. These days, it is mostly conference calls and web shares. At least I can get coffee anytime I want while on a call ~

Rudi Brits
Rudi Brits
11 years ago

hehe – the true value of meetings

Izhar Hassan
Izhar Hassan
11 years ago

ok Sweet

Solomon Osakwe
Solomon Osakwe
11 years ago

u said something remarkable! that u becomes more concerned for humanity,how of us do have such an inspirational thought?just fewer than few!!! don't leave the meeting;live and hope and give ursuggestion and idea are much more valueable to board!!!

V Hole?ek
V Hole?ek
11 years ago

My favorite despair poster was the one about "MEETINGS: because none of us is as dumb as all of us"

king nwoko
king nwoko
11 years ago

you most be a peculiar person having a right talk of mind at the same thing you are a wonderful person please keep it on
 

nickolus mort
nickolus mort
11 years ago

howdy

steve horn
steve horn
11 years ago

funny…

Gabriel Bergevin-Estable
Gabriel Bergevin-Estable
11 years ago
Lawrence Grodecki
Lawrence Grodecki
11 years ago

lol Amanda…time to raise the bar! This reminds me of my favorite bar chart regarding art…it's in a video presentation about a guy who has his own cult following.

Father Guido Sarducci on art school

Sharon Strandskov
Sharon Strandskov
11 years ago

Ha! Yep. My strong feelings about the overwhelming amount of unproductive meetings resulted in making a flowchart for the department at my last job on when to call a meeting, when not to, and how to conduct one properly: plus.google.com/117958363368979774542/posts/NBMXGNh8k9Z
(yes, I know about the typos, and it isn't as pretty as it should be… I ought to redo it one of these days)

king nwoko
king nwoko
11 years ago

you most be a peculiar person having a right talk of mind at the same thing you are a wonderful person please keep it on

Theo Caphils
Theo Caphils
11 years ago

LOL nothing reduces productivity more than meetings

bilou lo
bilou lo
11 years ago

ciao parla italiano bella

nickolus mort
nickolus mort
11 years ago

lol been there

Solomon Osakwe
Solomon Osakwe
11 years ago

update me,i will be there!

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11 years ago

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