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I hate meetings. I really do. No, scratch that. I actually love meetings. Where else can you sit in a room full of adults, and end up with 10 yr old children whining and behaving like there's only 1 MacDonald's Happy meal toy left?! It's insane.

It's not about mudslinging and shirking away from wanting to do work. I'm in a company where people are actually fairly responsible for their jobs. (From what I've seen anyway.... I could be wrong) It's just hilarious to see a problem surfacing and then watching everyone do their best impression of Alfred E. Neuman, and go "What, me worry?". (From Mad magazine.... the guy on every single one of their covers.)

I'm not slagging the process, nor any one particular party. I just don't understand how you can get a bunch of highly intelligent people, set forth a problem, and 15 minutes later, everyone has concluded these 3 fundamental truths:

1. I don't care what you say, it's not my fault - Hence, it's someone elses problem.
2. I don't care what you say, it's not broken enough - hence there's no need to fix it.
3. I dont' care what you say, I'm not fixing it - because of Truth #1 and 2.

How odd is that? Well look, in the army of my company, I'm definitely in the first line of offence. That is, if push comes to shove, I and my co-workers around me would be the first over the trenches; first battalion out of the boat. In short, I'm but a lowly grunt. I don't try to change the world, I only try to keep changing enough that I don't get left behind. That's all anyone can ask for.

Most of you pundits would say, "Get the heck out. Forget being a private, strive to become a general."

But I've seen the "officers". And as much as I love the idea of sitting in meetings all day (babysitting no less), I don't know if I can play "the game" all the time. It's like a ship of thieving pirates. They're your best mates when there's spoils to be divied, but when you're trying to reach the high seas, but found stuck in the low tide, well.... "Har matey, Cap'in gonna slit yer thro't, eh!"

...What can I say, I'm a cynical little tyke.













posted by losir at 4:59 PM