By Founding Ranter · · Daily Life
Why do people have input ideas into meetings that have nothing to do with the actual meeting topic?
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Three years of muscle memory gone. Now I need a third-party plugin to do what used to be a single click. The help article just says "see our new recommended workflow."
Not showing up was noticed and quietly noted. We played trivia about company history for 90 minutes. I learned nothing I needed. I also didn't get those 90 minutes back.
Prompt: What is the worst version you have seen?
It's in the calendar as 15 minutes. It runs 45. Every single week. And somehow everyone acts surprised — including the person who called it.
Three years of muscle memory gone. Now I need a third-party plugin to do what used to be a single click. The help article just says "see our new recommended workflow."
Two years of proof that output was solid. Then came the policy update, the badge swipe tracking, and the town hall about "in-person energy." The data didn't change. The feeling did.
Prompt: Name the system that causes this most often.
I wear noise-cancelling headphones eight hours a day just to think. When someone actually needs to collaborate, they send a Slack message anyway.
Yes, I can start at 10. I also finish at 8. The total hasn't changed. The flexibility helps me schedule around the workload, not away from it.
Four years of proven results in this company. I still had to do a panel, a case study, and a presentation to people I work with weekly. Trust is apparently decorative.
Prompt: Name the system that causes this most often.
Not showing up was noticed and quietly noted. We played trivia about company history for 90 minutes. I learned nothing I needed. I also didn't get those 90 minutes back.
Prompt: What would actually fix this?