There’s lots of worst meetings, and they all involve the same person. Let me tell you about her: She is a VP who will invite EVERYONE to EVERY MEETING. Because she’s important, and her time matters, not yours. So one day she called the entire team— 25 people— to the boardroom. Topic— too many hours are being put against my project. It’s overbudget. This meeting went on for 90 minutes. 90! And was continued later too. 90 minutes x 25 people = 37.5 hours wasted. And yet I’m the bad guy for wasting 30 minutes on Twitter!*

Later during the same project she even tried to hold daily status meetings. Daily! Thank God my boss put his foot down on that one.

*OK, I will admit I waste more than 30 minutes on Twitter.

from chat:
czmilosz: I’ve actually talked to Executive Level management before and informed them that if they wanted projects completed within scope, they would have to reduce the number of meetings my staff was “required” to attend during the work week.
MeetingBoy: From your lips to God’s ears!

Viewer156: I travelled for 14 hours for a 50-minute meeting. We video-conferenced after that.

MeetingBoy: OK, I really do have to get back to work. Maybe next time I’ll answer about my secret identity and inappropriate relationship with my ward, Dick Grayson. Maggie, I’ll expect the conference report on my desk in an hour!
Viewer109: He excused himself to the bathroom emergency induced by overconsumption of coffee. There he fell asleep on the throne writing a greek tragedy naming the world record, longest, most embarrassing meeting to date.
SGoebler: All hail Meeticus!

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