Me and My Big Mouth
At my previous job, we had the worst staff meetings in the world. They took up an entire morning or afternoon – I have blocked out what time of day they took place – and really accomplished almost nothing.
I figured out a way to survive them after a while. I would buy a really big cookie and eat it slowly throughout the meeting.
My boss thought I was joking when I said I couldn’t survive the time without a cookie, but I was totally serious.
The cookie became necessary because I didn’t have a good friend in the department to help me with my favorite pastime during meetings – making smart aleck comments.
I like to turn meetings into a sort of Mystery Science Theater setting. I think of myself as the DVD commentary that comes with the meeting. I know I should be all grown up and professional now, but I can’t help it some times.