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re: PSA: Do not call a meeting to edit a document as a group
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:11 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:11 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Reply all is the worst invention ever.
No way. I have had some great laughs over the years because idiots use this then say something totally inappropriate thinking it was just going to one person.
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Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:11 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
I didn't realize BK had documents to edit 
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:13 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
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PortHudsonPlaya
Are you at GP?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:13 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
If you want to spare yourself a lengthy meeting, and you have any writing talent at all, volunteer to review the document prior to the meeting and get rid of all the stupid crap then.
-However- make sure your assessment of your own skill is accurate, or you'll watch your coworkers pick your stuff apart for a couple of uncomfortable hours.
-However- make sure your assessment of your own skill is accurate, or you'll watch your coworkers pick your stuff apart for a couple of uncomfortable hours.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:14 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
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Do not call a meeting to edit a document as a group
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peck around on the keyboard for 3 hours while engineers argue over small irrelevant grammatical changes.
My personal solution for this is conveniently missing meetings like those. Wait until the "draft" from the meeting comes out and offer any comments at that time. For those that have caught me by surprise, the old "I gotta take this call" and then never return always works.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:18 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:19 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
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watch someone who doesn't know how to use MS Word peck around on the keyboard for 3 hours
gotta love boomers
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:25 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:25 pm to rocket31
When the meeting stalls or goes over time just pick up your shite and walk out without comment. I did this so often at my last company that they wouldn't even pause.*
*Make sure your name is on the sign out front before using this tactic or it may not work out.
*Make sure your name is on the sign out front before using this tactic or it may not work out.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:28 pm to jbgleason
Signing in and out at work..
Lol no. I come and go as I please.
Lol no. I come and go as I please.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:33 pm to bmy
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Signing in and out at work..
LoL. No. Read again. The sign out front, the big one with the names of all the partners. Good idea to be on that thing before you start telling people how to run the office.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:49 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
I've had to call a meeting to do this, but this team was so scattered that it was pretty much the only way to get them to focus before proposal deadline. It does suck (but I am at least adept enough in Office to not be the bottleneck). At my old job, 5+ hour meetings for proposal think-tank sessions were not unheard of. I do not miss it.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 3:54 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
I find that about 80% of Office meetings are things that could be done over email/IM.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:05 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I think you should call a meeting about these meetings.
Only Mayor SWB does such a thing, but has to create a special committee for it first. And then have a press conference for it. And have 1+ shady persons involved in the process. And then a press conference to clear that up.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:06 pm to LadyTigress
In the Advertising biz we call that "copy by committee". It doesn't work.
This post was edited on 9/7/17 at 4:07 pm
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