Cornered by Mike Baldwin for September 09, 2024

"Bored"room banter.

A meeting of a belabor union.

Consensus by attrition. A graphic illustration.

I’d like him to come to my house some night. I’m pretty sure he can cure my insomnia.

the employees will have to report this to the National Belabor Relations Board…

I assume the last diagram is of the Other Thing.

He is an expert at making a short story long

Ah yes it’s them bored off directors meeting.

First law of selling. Know when you’ve made the sale and shut up. Applies widely including bosses and preachers.

I’ve been in meetings like that

No need to beat a dead economy.

When this happens I always assume the Big Cheese has a bitter nagging wife at home that he hates to go home to, so he schedules meaningless meetings that run over quitting time because, after all, misery loves company so of course the staff should have to share in it.

Death by lecture!!!!1

Putting them to sleep wasn’t enough? Are you trying to bore them to death?

Just be sure to wake them when you’re done.

This, that, and the other thing plus something unnamed.

What has the point ever done to you to deserve such a belaboring?

Many moons ago when I first started work, we had to have a whole load of induction meetings. One of them was on Quality Assurance. Not the most riveting subject anyway, but the guy giving it had such a dull droning voice. I looked up once and found him staring directly at me and asked “Are you ok”. I answered “Yes” and he carried on. I asked a colleague afterwards what that was all about. Apparently I fell asleep and hadn’t even realised. It was that riveting.

You would think in between the snoring he would notice

It’s a terrorist sleeper cell.

at least we know the guy that’s snoring is still alive…

It’s belabor day.

They are hanging on his every word.

I wasn’t going too but I’ll take one of those Separation Packages. ;>)

Toxic management. Been there, experienced that.

The sad part is that there is always some one person who says, “Wait, what was that again? I don’t get it!”

Is it a presentation about drones, and droning on?

reminds me of my days as an engineer, bored out of my mind!

He most definitely didn’t take my Speech Class. However, he might have taken my History class……

This meeting can’t help but run slow, when the charts are in the shape of snails!

It is always the one who is the least self-aware who is in charge of the meeting