Dilbert dubbed work meetings the next best thing to actual work. At some point though, there is not enough caffeine or pastries on this planet to keep you engaged. Nodding out kitty is apropos. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Unless you are a hostage negotiator, or a tugboat captain for Carnival Cruise Lines trying to bring the SS Dripping Feces into port, there is no legitimate reason for a business meeting to last that long, is there?
Can you have someone call the conference room with an urgent message for you? When I was still doing the law bullshit and had to go to litigation meetings, the smart associates (me and a few others) would tell our secretaries to call the conference room to get us about a half hour after the meeting started. That was enough time to eat the "free" sandwiches and get out before the hour long meeting with no purpose began. Overtime? Excellent. Buy yourself something nice.
ya know....you coulda just faked an orgasm....lit a cigarette and left. Always worked for me...especially at funerals, baptismals, and weddings. Could work in corp meetings. give it a shot next time.
Point of Personal Privilege! I have to pee.
ReplyDeletedang...not sure there is enough money in the world to be worth it...fake a life threatening illness and escape as the ambulance leaves...
ReplyDeletelove the kitty Lisa, thanks for laugh.
ReplyDeleteYah. Meetings are a waste of everyone's time, and I am so grateful I don't have to attend them anymore.
ReplyDeleteMy deepest sympathies are with you, though. Consider that you have lessened your time in Purgatory.
The kitten made me laugh. Sorry you are stuck in meeting hell.
ReplyDeleteThey do serve cocktails there, don't they?
ReplyDeleteAre you good and punch drunk yet?
ReplyDeleteDilbert dubbed work meetings the next best thing to actual work.
ReplyDeleteAt some point though, there is not enough caffeine or pastries on this planet to keep you engaged.
Nodding out kitty is apropos. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Cats are so cool.
ReplyDeleteDemand shrimp cocktail as a bribe!
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My whole brain is crying is my new mantra.
ReplyDeleteAre you still quorate?
ACK! You just gave me a PTSD flashback from my advertising days. Man, am I glad I switched fields. Public health folks are never so masochistic.
ReplyDeleteI hate those kind of meetings. Ew.
ReplyDeleteUnless you are a hostage negotiator, or a tugboat captain for Carnival Cruise Lines trying to bring the SS Dripping Feces into port, there is no legitimate reason for a business meeting to last that long, is there?
ReplyDeleteNo game of naked Twister goes on *that* long.
ReplyDeleteYIKES!
ReplyDeleteOh hell no. Full-day meetings are NOT good for the body, mind, spirit, or ass. I feel for you.
ReplyDeleteWait. Were you in my office today?
ReplyDeleteCan you have someone call the conference room with an urgent message for you? When I was still doing the law bullshit and had to go to litigation meetings, the smart associates (me and a few others) would tell our secretaries to call the conference room to get us about a half hour after the meeting started. That was enough time to eat the "free" sandwiches and get out before the hour long meeting with no purpose began. Overtime? Excellent. Buy yourself something nice.
ReplyDeleteya know....you coulda just faked an orgasm....lit a cigarette and left. Always worked for me...especially at funerals, baptismals, and weddings. Could work in corp meetings. give it a shot next time.
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