Actual meetings are never that simple. And the very best (theoretically possible) meetings are about one thing. And short. Best manager I ever had insisted on a stand-up meeting every single morning. Everybody got 30 seconds to say what they did yesterday and planned for today. No questions, no elucidation, no diversions. The only acceptable comments were either “Oh, good” or equivalent, or something like “Please find me before lunch to talk about that.”
Concretionist about 4 years ago
Actual meetings are never that simple. And the very best (theoretically possible) meetings are about one thing. And short. Best manager I ever had insisted on a stand-up meeting every single morning. Everybody got 30 seconds to say what they did yesterday and planned for today. No questions, no elucidation, no diversions. The only acceptable comments were either “Oh, good” or equivalent, or something like “Please find me before lunch to talk about that.”
SHIVA about 4 years ago
Everybody in our team knew the manager’s spiel by rote; we could almost lip-synch each word!!
Superfrog about 4 years ago
Bob has a black belt in origami.
electricshadow Premium Member about 4 years ago
Why are you origami shaming? ; )
mddshubby2005 about 4 years ago
“One, to praise Bob’s recent closing of the Origami Paper Co. account – oh.”
gopher gofer about 4 years ago
first, the company is to fold…
Zykoic about 4 years ago
Bob won the lottery last night.
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 4 years ago
Looks like a lot more than two folds now.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 4 years ago
Still, that’s a pretty good crane there, Bob. You’ve been practicing.
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
Yet, there are 10 points of discussion for each of those two objectives!
Zebrastripes about 4 years ago
Origami …..not a point of discussion today, BOB! Get back in the fold….
Longplay Premium Member about 4 years ago
Bob then proceeded to make a duplicate swan.
indysteve9 about 4 years ago
Some people are “too” literal.
stillfickled Premium Member about 4 years ago
I wish the contents of comments at this site were limited.
COL Crash about 4 years ago
Oh c’mon! He’s just trying to make the most out of this complete waste of time.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member about 4 years ago
Only 999 more to go…
Stephen Gilberg about 4 years ago
Know when to fold ’em.
Nuliajuk about 4 years ago
To fold or not to fold, that is the question
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the piercing glare of the supervisor or turn the quarterly report into a swan
WCraft Premium Member about 4 years ago
Looks like Bob’s swan song.
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 4 years ago
“I went to two stores too .”
There are three ____s in that sentence. Fill in the blank.
j.l.farmer about 4 years ago
he was practicing his origami lesson….must have been bored with the meeting.