PHOTO PROMPT © Yvette Prior
ZOR AND ZAM
A business meeting – the bane of office life, always scheduled for the least inopportune time of a roomful of busy people.
You could be on the phone or computer, actually achieving something, but had to massage egos to justify your budget. Basically it was a ‘Mine’s bigger than yours’ contest. There was always one guy who had to show how important he was, by missing it. Some came late – “Did I miss anything?” Some had to leave early – pity the poor executive secretary who had to co-ordinate all this.
What if the boss gave an office meeting…. and nobody came?
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Archon's Den 
My work seems to be filled with people sitting around at endless meetings. I often wonder do any of these people actually do any work.
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Blessed are they who run around in circles – for they shall be called Big Wheels. 😉 😯
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Ask me if I miss office life. G’head, as me!
NOOOO! Those days of endless, useless, time-sucking, resolve-nothing business meetings. Thing of my past. Gonna stay there. 😉
Good one, Archon!
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Sorry to bring back irritating memories, but thanx for another head-pat. 🙂
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Haha! Funny man…
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Very well-described.
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Been there! Done that! Never again. 🙂
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As bosses often say, it’s lonely at the top!
Click to read my FriFic tale!
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For a lot of them, they only have their Company for company. The rest of us have lives and wives. 😯
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The temptation is overwhelming to skip it. Meetings are usually not very productive.
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They’re supposed to generate team spirit and co-operation, but more often they become a hotbed of back-bighting and betrayal – or indecisive dithering. 😯
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Or sheer boredom.
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When will the tireless meeting holders wise up and dispense with the arcane methods of communication? Never, I suspect. Nicely done.
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Thanx for the kudos. Hope to see you back soon. 😀
What kind of hawk is your gravatar?? My grandson, who recently took a falconry seminar, wishes to know. 😕
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Red-tailed, my personal favorite. They are very adaptable birds. I have one or two that regularly visit my suburban garden and perch on my rooftop. I would love to be a falconer.
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Dear Archon,
There are so many things I love about retirement. 😉 Thank you for the nod to my story. Love the songs. Well played.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A Thank You to the busy-even-in-retirement lady for stopping by again. 🙂
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I love the fact that I never have to attend those soul-breaking meetings where people would re-explain to me what the boss had said to get kudos. The frustration comes across in your story. Trouble is, people almost always dutifully turn up.
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They’re always arranged by someone higher up the corporate ladder – attend….or else. The wife missed a couple, so that she could keep up with her work load, then she got down-sized, and told that it was because she wasn’t a “team player!” 😦
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