Counterclockwise
One thing I've observed, working for a cellphone company, is the presence of digital clocks everywhere I go. Be it on the cellphones we work with, on the desk phones in our cubicles, on our personal watches (which everyone has), or on our laptop and desktop computers, we always have the current time staring us in the face.
However, I've also noticed that when I attend meetings, I am usually one of the few people present at the time when the meeting is supposed to start. It is not uncommon for the meeting leader -- who is usually an important person -- to arrive 5-10 minutes late. That means, I just wasted 5-10 minutes of my time. I could have read the latest ESPN.com article, I could have read the Hifidelity blog, or I could have even played a quick game of ping-pong.
I know I'm just a peon. But please be on time. That's all I ask.
posted by matt @ 10:22 AM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Ben Sheets, I'm sorry to hear about your pain. However, it doesn't bother me when people are late because:
1) I'm one of those people that come late to 50% of meetings. Also, someone comes late to the other 50% of meetings I attend. I think things balance out. I'm coming late because someone else made me wait and they're coming late because I made them wait. It's a cute little game.
2) Those 5 minutes are a great opportunity to bond with your coworkers, tell funny stories, etc... If you say you'd rather be reading ESPN then maybe you shouldn't join us on our quest to beat Nokia. Take that, Ben Sheets. I hope the Brewers lose today.
--Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter,
Can you explain in more detail why you're late 50% of the time? Are you unaware of what time it is? Do you think you're better than everybody else at the meeting?
Regarding #2, I hope LeBron James sprains his ankle.
Matt, a coworker of mine from a meat plant near Omaha told me this last week: if you're 5 minutes late to a meeting of 10 people, you've wasted 50 minutes. True dat.
Teresa
Matt, a coworker of mine from a meat plant near Omaha told me this last week: if you're 5 minutes late to a meeting of 10 people, you've wasted 50 minutes. True dat.
Teresa
I apologize for the double post. The site is running as slow as molasses in winter time, which lead me to believe that my initial post was not in fact going to work. Plus The General's site blog been screwy all day, so I expected the same here.
Teresa
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