Meetings
Eeg, it’s almost time to go home and I haven’t posted yet.
There are different schools of thought on what it means to be important in one’s job. I’ve noticed that the longer I’ve been in this job, as my experience and responsibilities grow, I have to go to a lot more meetings.
I have six (6) meetings tomorrow. Four of them are consecutive. Some of them go longer than an hour. This is not unusual for my boss, who is more important than me. I’m not convinced it really has anything to do with mad skillz, though. Maybe people are scheduling me in all those meetings because they want to keep me from doing damage out in the real world.
I bet George W. Bush goes to LOTS of meetings and he’s not important to me at all. And yet, he’s done a lot of damage. Hm. Clearly, my theory needs work. I’ll get back to it some time after I finish all my damn meetings.
Sounds like my day. I’ve had to start printing out my schedule because I don’t have time to duck back into my office to check where I have to be and when. And I’ve got actual work to do!
We actually mandated a decrease in staff meetings a couple years ago. Seems to have worked out well.
Have a great time in Rome.
George W. Bush does go to a lot of meetings, but he usually sneaks in a Tetris game. He sees how fast he can build the blocks to the top of the screen because he thinks that’s how you win.
I sent you a Facebook message, I don’t know how often you check Facebook but I didn’t know how else to talk to you without other people seeing.
Have a good time in Rome. Watch out – I hear there are Bicycle Thieves there.