Meeting Boy
Welcome to the second round of the Meetys, the first online awards for workplace frustration and tedium. Previously we established the categories for awards, so now we move on to the nominations.To nominate in any of the categories below, tell a story or respond with a photo or both with some office tale that you find extraordinary. I will blog the best ones all week, and next week I will award the best five with the Meety (and send them a free MeetingBoy 2010 Calendar). If I can find a good place to run a poll, I’ll open it to voting.Enter by leaving a comment or photo replying to this post. If you’d like to remain anonymous in your nominating story, you can email your story and/or photo to MeetingBoy at gmail and I’ll post it if I like it, and you’ll still be in the running for a calendar.
Pissiest Email
Best Morale Deflater
Most Incomprehensible Email
Worst Team-building Exercise
Best Take This Job And Shove It!
Longest Streak of “One More Thing”s at the End of a Meeting
Most ignorant client 
The Luddite Award, for bosses who refuse to embrace technology
Best Ass-Kiss (single act)
Worst Use of My Time 
Best Disappearance When Shits Needs To Get Done 
Most Pathetic Atta-Boy in Lieu of Raise or Bonus
Best Selective Use of Facts
Best Lie
Best Use of PowerPoint
Most Clueless Attempt By A Boss To Be Cool
Best Use Of Jargon In A Single Sentence
Best Adaptation (stolen idea)
Best Non-Answer
Best Left-Handed Compliment
Best Delegation Of Your Own Job
Best Buck Passing
Best Blame Deflection
Best Finger Pointing
(Award illustration by Travis Nuckolls (@visway).)

Welcome to the second round of the Meetys, the first online awards for workplace frustration and tedium. Previously we established the categories for awards, so now we move on to the nominations.

To nominate in any of the categories below, tell a story or respond with a photo or both with some office tale that you find extraordinary. I will blog the best ones all week, and next week I will award the best five with the Meety (and send them a free MeetingBoy 2010 Calendar). If I can find a good place to run a poll, I’ll open it to voting.

Enter by leaving a comment or photo replying to this post. If you’d like to remain anonymous in your nominating story, you can email your story and/or photo to MeetingBoy at gmail and I’ll post it if I like it, and you’ll still be in the running for a calendar.

  • Pissiest Email
  • Best Morale Deflater
  • Most Incomprehensible Email
  • Worst Team-building Exercise
  • Best Take This Job And Shove It!
  • Longest Streak of “One More Thing”s at the End of a Meeting
  • Most ignorant client
  • The Luddite Award, for bosses who refuse to embrace technology
  • Best Ass-Kiss (single act)
  • Worst Use of My Time
  • Best Disappearance When Shits Needs To Get Done
  • Most Pathetic Atta-Boy in Lieu of Raise or Bonus
  • Best Selective Use of Facts
  • Best Lie
  • Best Use of PowerPoint
  • Most Clueless Attempt By A Boss To Be Cool
  • Best Use Of Jargon In A Single Sentence
  • Best Adaptation (stolen idea)
  • Best Non-Answer
  • Best Left-Handed Compliment
  • Best Delegation Of Your Own Job
  • Best Buck Passing
  • Best Blame Deflection
  • Best Finger Pointing

(Award illustration by Travis Nuckolls (@visway).)


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