Me in every meeting.
Meetings are the bane of existence. In yesterday’s Dilbert comic on my calendar, they talked about a four hour meeting in which Dilbert, the pointy haired boss, and the intern all talked about the conclusion of the meeting was three different outcomes. The boss then suggests that they should have another four hour meeting to hash our the conclusion.
I abhor meetings so much that I once devised a bitter post about meetings while in a meeting. I think they may be the biggest time waster of all time. And this is coming from a guy who sits on the couch for fun. I think I’ve learned more life lessons in a half hour TV show than in all the meetings ever.
Anyways, you know how kids these days are always combining words to make up new words, because they are lazy? Either that or they shorten words. Like bae for instance. I know it is hard to say babe, so they had to shorten that to bae (still one syllable!). There are numerous examples, but one of the new ones is Hangry. You know, their hunger leads them to be angry.
Well, I would like to interject a new word into the vernacular. How about Hanxiety? Meetings are a breeding grounds for hanxiety, because they serve a lack of clarity with a pinch of introducing new policies and procedures, bake no food in the meeting to 375 degrees and voila, you have a nice hot serving of Hanxiety.
Feeling a little hanxious?
I don’t know about you, but I think meetings should include 15 minutes of mediatation beforehand, just so there is a slight chance that they will reconsider the meeting and at least the 15 minutes weren’t a waste. Some may call it meditation. Others may call it a nap.
What are your thoughts? Should we introduce Hanxiety as a new word? Cancel all meeetings? Add naps? More food?
ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH
Bitter Hanxious Ben
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Once upon a time there was a fellow who was considered of.. dubious.. talent, who loved to invite himself to any meeting he could finagle his way into, as a way to Appear Important. That he was a meeting-seeker pretty tells everything, really. But that’s not all, no. He also loved to take phones on speakerphone.. with his office door open. It Sounded Important (no, it was annoying). The guy who had Real Stuff to talk about? He closed the door and seldom used the speakerphone function.
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Yeah, I think some people just like meetings, because that is how they “manage”. I think it also fills the time, so they don’t have to “work”.
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Definitely more food. If I dont eat, I Hulk out.
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That sound like me. Whenever there is no food around my anxiety start Hulking.
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Meetings are the worst. Especially when everything that is brought up could be mentioned in a brief e-mail.
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Exactly. Words are thrown around so many times and most of the are superfluous.
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Hanxietry is good. I like meetings, there are usually donuts and other pastries and coffee. Zoning out with a scone is my suggestion.
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Most of the meetings I go to have no food or even water. They just keep us locked up in the room like prisoners.
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Oh no! We love meetings here. A regular social outing , food, socializing. Donuts!
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Socializing…talking with others? That sounds horrible.
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Mostly eating and zoning out!
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Eating sounds good, but that is what you do at lunch and lunch doesn’t always have to be with other people. That is the beauty of it.
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Lol! I love eating alone too.
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It’s the best. Meetings are the worst.
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😊
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