It has come to pass that the meeting will indeed be late, as foreseen by the great prophets of yore. The doomsday date, previously set for 3:00 PM, has been pushed back to 4:05 PM due to unforeseen circumstances.
The meeting will now commence with a 15-minute delay, as the coffee machine has broken down once more. The fate of the world, as we know it, is not at stake, but rather the fate of the meeting attendees' caffeine buzz.
The prophecy foretells of a meeting so long, it will be seen as a marathon rather than a sprint. The prophets of old have forewarned of a sea of chairs, a mountain of papers, and an eternity of PowerPoint slides.