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Top Reasons Why People Hate Meetings

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Here’s why people hate meetings.

  • Boss tells you the meeting is urgent, then is always the last to show up
  • Difficult to conceal the fact that you really have to take a nap
  • “Let’s vote on whether to take a vote”
  • Tray of squishy pastry things filled with weird flavored goop
  • Agenda? What agenda?
  • Usual signal for the end of the meeting is arrival of cleaning staff
  • During your presentation, everyone’s watching cat videos on their phones
  • Person next to you conducting personal hygiene keeps flicking stuff your way
  • Discussion is so far off topic, no one remembers the original point
  • Most important thing you get to do is answer the role call
  • When there’s a motion to repeal the amendment to the previous motion to disallow, no one knows what they’re voting for
  • Woman whose name you can’t remember keeps getting your name wrong
  • Two words: long winded
  • Guy on the speaker phone sounds like he’s in a coal mine
  • Group rushes through a bad proposal so they can beat the traffic to the cottage
  • After four hours, place smells like a locker room

And the top reason why people hate meetings is:

  • Scheduling yet another meeting to finish everything off

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