Meetings all day

[ego_id_non_feci]

Stupid meetings.  Keeping me from kids.  Stupid meetings.  Sit-still quota reached.  Must move- now!  No, wait, I can do this.  Think of a happy place.  Think of a happy, professional place.  ...I know this.  I know that, too.  Hey, wait a minute- you're just reading right off the page!  That's cheating!  ...No, please, no more!!  I promise to be

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[teffan]

Hon, I hate to tell you this, but they PAY you to sit in boring meetings. It is mean, but the world can't be a 100% happy place or else you wouldn't enjoy being able to run around with the little monsters when you do get the chance.

[ego_id_non_feci]

But! But! I want to run free! I want to pretend to be grazing with buffalos and dinosaurs! I want to shriek with laughter over the ploppyness of applesauce and the mooshiness of red fingerpaint!

I want to grow their little brains! I can't grow brains if I'm atrophying mine! I refuse! Stomp of foot! Stubborn stomp of foot, I tell you!

[teffan]

Balance. Balance. Balance.

meetings

[trueblade32]

maybe its just a Monday torture meeting thingy

[jinglymushroom]

Geez. Go kiss a pineapple you mean people! That sucks! Enjoy your evening and Tuesday and rest of the week then! I didn't wanna sit today either! I was about to the point of eating my writing utensil.

[ego_id_non_feci]

I think it's a thing that happened on Monday- we weren't the only people complaining about having to sit still. It was such a beautiful day, we all got extra-ansy and complain-y. :)

[jenny_sellinger]

I wish everyone were half as cute when complaining.

I swear one of these days I'm going to lead off a "any questions?" session with "Since you know that literacy is a requirement for all of our jobs, why didn't you just mail us the presentation you just read to us and let us come to you if we needed anything explained?"

[ego_id_non_feci]

Dare you to! Double dare you to!

[jenny_sellinger]

Actually, the nice thing is, I've had professors do that to people. "Interesting information, but your presentation needs work. Next time, remember that your audience can read."

The few meetings I've attended in the actual business world had presentations where they put all the numbers so we didn't have to keep track of them in our heads, but the talking was about what the numbers meant. It's part of why I think "shutupshutupshutupshutup" when people give "crappy story book" presentations in school.

[ego_id_non_feci]

I actually had to take a few classes in giving presentations in college. One was the typical "Speech" class, and the others were technology- and subject-oriented.

Every single professor I had emphasized that visual aids, in any form, were meant to visually aid understanding. If your aids could give the information without you, you were unnecessary.

Now, perhaps my training in presentations was a little stronger than most peoples', seeing as teaching can be viewed as one looooong presentation. But you would think that presenters would build their presentations based on presentations that they enjoyed. I can guarantee that no one enjoys the "crappy story book" presentations. Well, maybe one person, in the whole room, might. Maybe.

Ah, well. I only have to do this once-a-year. Well, technically, since that was an orientation meeting and we still have our all-staff, I have to do it twice this year. Blech. Still. Eight hours of torture vs. forty hours per week of sheer fun? No contest. :)

[eithni]

So... Do we get a crazed little Sile in the guest room Wednesday night?

[ego_id_non_feci]

As long as there's practice tonight, yes!

[eithni]

There is indeed! See you in a few hours...

[ego_id_non_feci]

SQUEEEEEE! Hug!