The Never-Ending Meeting
It was supposed to be a 30-minute meeting, but it's been going on for 3 hours. The coffee machine has been refilled 5 times, and the donuts have been replenished 7 times. You're starting to wonder if this meeting will ever end.
Why did the meeting organizer think 30 minutes was a reasonable amount of time for a discussion about "Synergy and Team Building"? Did they not realize that this is a group of highly intelligent and motivated individuals, capable of producing groundbreaking results in under 30 minutes?
- Minutes 1-10: Introduction and small talk
- Minutes 11-30: Synergy and Team Building discussion
- Minutes 31-60: Synergy and Team Building discussion (continued)
- Minutes 61-90: "Just 5 more minutes"
- Minutes 91-120: "I really need to go to the bathroom, can someone else take over?"
Will you ever escape the Never-Ending Meeting? Only time will tell.