Adjournment Syndrome

Symptom: Repeatedly scheduling meetings only to have them adjourned.

Causes:

• Lack of actual progress
• Overly optimistic meeting planners
• Excessive caffeine consumption during meeting hours

Effects:

• Team members' eyes glaze over from endless PowerPoint presentations
• Credibility of meeting planners is called into question
• Coffee shop sales skyrocket as team members flee adjourned meetings

Diagnosis:

• Meetings are adjourned more often than actually productive
• Team members are seen frantically searching for a way to exit the meeting room
• The phrase "We'll just take it up next time" is overheard for the fifth time this week

Adjournment Syndrome: A condition where meetings never actually start, but you're still forced to attend the same room for an hour, just in case.

Recommended treatment: Schedule actual progress, or schedule a real meeting that starts on time.

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