Very occasionally I get involved in the so called “meeting culture” , this is mainly through my union duties , and have thus come to the maybe, sweeping conclusion , that as a rule - it’s a self perpetuating waste of time that some people base their whole working career around ……………. year in and year out. !!!
I’m smiling here - as one of our guys put an article on the notice board at work from a newspaper the other week , saying “the majority of meetings were a total waste of time “ and he must have struck a definite chord , as our boss was straight up - demanding to know who had posted this ………….defamatory piece :)
I don’t think it was aimed at one particular person , and as I said - I go to the odd meeting myself , but I can’t help but think “guilty conscience syndrome” at work here, as regards our bosses instant and oh so - over the top - reaction to it :)
Ring....... Ring.......
The phone was ringing off the hook today , and it turned out it was our boss looking for one of our staff , who wasn’t here , so he asked for two other members of staff who weren’t in the office either ……..and so on… and so on… and so on………………
Fat Al - who was one of the people who he wanted to speak to , then walked in to the office and picked the phone up to go thru’ the same “ where’s such and such” –
rhetoric ……..but he soon got sick of this and said …………….
“ they are probably all like me , sitting in the office ignoring the phone , as they know its you !!!...............
…….which had us all burst in to absolute fits of laughter , and it was so bad we all had to leave the office :)
I’ll say it again …….some people , but in Fat Al’s defence I have been stood in our bosses office on numerous occasions , and the phone was ringing for so long , I actually said to him - “ are you going to answer that “ :)
