you spaced, you overslept, you intentionally didn't go - what do you actually tell the person who asks you why you weren't there?
do you fess up or do you come up with elaborate stories?
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:13 (one year ago)
i had another call
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:15 (one year ago)
"I do not recognise your authority, I stand under common law only"
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:15 (one year ago)
another meeting overran
an urgent issue arose
i mean keep it simple keep it safe /olivier
"I was going to attend the meeting, but...I didn't."
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:16 (one year ago)
lol NV
"what happened man? you used to be cool"
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:16 (one year ago)
"I would have attended the meeting but I don't like you"
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:22 (one year ago)
Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to actually meet with another?
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:25 (one year ago)
“Man, I was caught up in (working on whatever) and totally forgot about this”
Doesn’t happen often, and when it does it’s usually some very large/non specific session. This isn’t counting cases where I’m out of office for a doctor’s appointment or something
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:26 (one year ago)
“Looked like it should have just been an email/Slack message”
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:27 (one year ago)
“I mean, what is a meeting, really?”
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:28 (one year ago)
vegetarian
― Evan, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 18:09 (one year ago)
"why did you even want to meet? I already know you"
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 18:46 (one year ago)
Coworker at meeting is handsy with me
― Pat Methamphetamine Trio (is this anything?) (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:29 (one year ago)
"but it's a virtual meeting"
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:29 (one year ago)
"sorry, my internet, I could see you guys but I couldn't hear you, anyway hopefully next time..."
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:40 (one year ago)
"I was in a different timezone where it was 3am"
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 20:17 (one year ago)
Outlook was acting weird.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 20:28 (one year ago)
that one's good because it's usually true
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 20:40 (one year ago)
"oh wasn't I?" with a conspiratorial wink.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 20:44 (one year ago)
Ha. I never miss an important meeting unless I have a serious excuse, however I have shut people down because I had to rush to the hospital to see to a family member.
HR said that family emergencies take priority, then I caught lower management contradicting that.
I'm glad I don't work there anymore - half the damn bosses hadn't the faintest idea what HR policies said.
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 23:34 (one year ago)
Regardless, sick will always shut them down. Sadly, sick dog doesn't get as much sympathy.
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 23:35 (one year ago)
(I left work early once to put down my cat and didn't tell anyone.)
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 23:47 (one year ago)
"I hate you people"
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 23:52 (one year ago)
"meeting limit has been exceeded, try again tomorrow"
― Jaq, Thursday, 11 January 2024 05:11 (one year ago)
“Sorry, I didn’t think this involved my team.”
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 11 January 2024 05:47 (one year ago)
"Windows updates took over and a BYOD patch got pushed to my phone"
― Jaq, Thursday, 11 January 2024 16:26 (one year ago)
"Microsoft Teams is play9ing up again"
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 18:45 (one year ago)
"The 9 on my keyboard is playing up again"
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 18:49 (one year ago)
"Sorry I missed the call because I was on hold to IT Support to get my keyboard fixed"
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 11 January 2024 18:50 (one year ago)
"i had a job interview with another company scheduled at that time"
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 12 January 2024 03:20 (one year ago)
"i was stuck on hold with the suicide hotline"
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 12 January 2024 03:21 (one year ago)
started jamming out to yes and by the time the song was over the meeting was nearly over
oh the meeting went on for three hours past its scheduled time? whoops, if i'd known that i definitely would've joined the meeting, it sounds like it was really important
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 12 January 2024 03:23 (one year ago)
i have been transformed into a being of pure light and no longer perceive time in simple linear terms as you humans do
oh yeah i know i've been working from home for the last four years, you wouldn't have known that, no worries
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 12 January 2024 03:25 (one year ago)
Not exactly work, but in my lovely days of unemployment I used to have to turn up at the benefits office every two weeks to sign on. If you were 10 minutes late they made you fill in a form to explain why you missed the appointment. Every single time, I wrote one word in the box - "Diarrhoea" - and that always did the trick.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:22 (one year ago)
"slid into first, felt something burst"
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:23 (one year ago)
"I would have loved to have the time and be paid to chat with you guys, but I had real work to do"
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:32 (one year ago)