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[–] GargleBlaster@feddit.org 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then it's not even a question but a statement phrased as question just to sound smart

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago

Just rehashing what was already said.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

while I agree with it, there's also another side to it

I've been on too many calls where the meeting leader / management says some bullshit that's incredibly unclear and unactionable, and they need to admit that in front of everybody before they start blaming teams for underperforming

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, after 25+ mins of conversation, often there aren't any actionable takeaways and noone has taken ownership of anything.

I'd much rather spend a few mins working out who's on the hook for what, rather than meet again in a week and discuss the whole thing again with zero progress in between.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

It depends on how much management is above or below.

There have definitely been times in my life where a meeting was just a reason to zone out and take a break while someone else got their chance to listen to their own voice.

[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 6 points 1 week ago

Wait, you pay attention during a teams meeting? How? Can you teach me this superpower?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But you need to ask doubts though

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Real answer: true.

Joke answer: so I was done, but you wanted to ask me a... question ⁉️ 🤪

[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, I wasn't done 🤷‍♂️

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

Username checks out... somehow. 😜

Oh my god, this triggers me. Last meeting of the day, already longer than necessary because people just repeat the same bullshit over and over and then, when everybody is ready to go, some asshole cunt brings up a completely unrelated topic. So much rage.

[–] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We had someone like this in our team; we called him Colin The Cuntopillar.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For that reason, there should be a sysadmin in every call, who can just reboot the offenders machine

[–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

Don't you fucking dare suggest that I as a sysadmin must now attend every single meeting in the company.
I mean I could do that, while playing games on the second monitor, and getting no other work done.
Just don't complain when everything comes crashing down in a month from lack of maintenance.

[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Or a hired killer on standby.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

End call early?

*ends call*

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Everyone at my office would think of the same person after seeing this. It's always the same fuckin guy.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago

Used to work security, and one time during our CPR/AED training, this dude, we'll call him Officer Dumbfuck, kept asking dumbass questions. We're talking, like, "if a person is pregnant and too large to get my hands around for a heimlich, can I just punch them?" And "if there's no AED available, should we just shock them with like some wires plugged into a socket?"

Which, I mean, good thing he asked instead of doing that shit... But yeah. Officer Dumbfuck was a dumb fuck. Our entire training was supposed to be around 2 hours. We were there for 6. The instructor barely would get two or three sentences in before Officer Dumbfuck came in with another dumb as fuck question.

Finally, by the end, the instructor is visible upset, everyone there is stressed as fuck and we all just want to leave.

Instructor: okay. Well. I think we have covered every possible thing. So if we're done here, I'm going to get home.

Me: excitedly actually I have a question!

Entire class: exhales enough to change the humidity in the room

Instructor: defeated, exhausted ... Yes?

Me: nah I'm just screwing with y'all. See ya next year!

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Solution is simple:

  • Meeting Lead: "If there are no questions we can end the meeting early."
  • Sergio: "Ok, bye!" (signs off)
  • Moot McDetail: "Ackshully, I just was wondering..."
[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you have work, why don't you ask your manager if you can get back to it?

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because then the manager might directly order you to wait. So then if you leave you're directly disobeying an order.

But if you just sign off and they call you on it, you can say you were SO ENERGIZED to meet this quarter's deadlines that you just couldn't stop yourself from getting back to work on the project! Then you can say "yeah, it's my biggest flaw, I'm so excited about my work that sometimes I don't spend enough time in meetings." Bonus: that way you never get promoted to management.

[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Ngl I'd be annoyed if my manager asked me to wait to the end of every meeting for no reason.

Also, lolwut? does saying "you were SO ENERGIZED to meet this quarter’s deadlines that you just couldn’t stop yourself from getting back to work on the project" actually work? My manager would be pissed if I told him that I get so excited about my work that sometimes I don’t spend enough time in meetings.

Also, I definitely want to get promoted to management.

[–] mastertigurius@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're the one doing this in a last-minute meeting at 5pm on a Friday, just don't.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

you know what, I'm kind of on their side. don't fucking book meetings on Fridays, let alone Friday afternoon. make it painful so they learn their lesson. short term pain, long term gain.