OT:Has anyone ever been this desperate?

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We went to a talk at our craft club last night, advertised as being on woodcarving. After half an hour spent watching abysmal slides (both in quality and content - and NOTHING to do with woodcarving!) dd#2, Jane, started yawning and hissed "BORING!!!" at me - so I said "Hang on a minute - I`ll have a coughing fit!" I only felt guilty about the nice man who rushed after me with a glass of water. Jane said "She`s had a funny throat all day - I`d best take her home!"

Jane`s bottom was hurting, too (She fell downstairs a couple of weeks ago and bruised her coccyx badly!) as those chairs are always uncomfortable even to a normally fit backside !!! If the "talk" had been at all interesting, the chairs wouldn`t have been so uncomfortable, if you know what I mean.

We wanted to see the woodcarving (which looked great from what we could see) but we just couldn`t stomach all the irrelevant rubbish leading up to it!!! Who the hell CARED what he was doing in school or college, or his opinions on Constable, Hogarth etc., all delivered in a very hestitant, expressionless monotone? Totally irrelevant to the woodcarving we`d actually gone to see!

John was in stitches when we got back and told him about it. I just hope no-one saw us giggling all the way back to the car.

At least it was nice and cool in there! Both our noses have grown somewhat longer though. I`ve had emails from other club members asking if I`m OK - and remarking that they didn`t much enjoy last night`s talk - and I`ve told them exactly what happened. Bet most of them wish they`d have thought of it.

Pat P

Mary · Answer

When I was working as a prosecutor for a state agency, I wouldoccasionally get stuck in board meetings so tedious and boring that Ithought I would die.  However, one of my colleagues was so difficult toreach when he was on travel status (this was before cell phones), thatthe chief counsel got pagers.  I always called in twice a day, so I wasexempt from the "pager rule", but found they were extremely handy, andalways carried one.  When a meeting was plodding onward with no hope ofa break in sight, I would reach into my purse, set off the pager, turnif off, nod to everybody, pick up my purse and a pad of paper and takea break.  People thought I was being called about something REALLYIMPORTANT and were never insulted, and I got my break and could returnto the meeting in 5 to 10 minutes in a significantly improved mood.Pat P wrote:

Dr. Brat · Answer

Isn't it weird that we've all been conditioned that we can't just get up and leave? I mean, to the point where we'll create a distracting scene, disturbing people, rather than just quietly walking out?

Elizabeth

Mary wrote:

lucretia borgia · Answer

and entertained us withMaybe it's thee and me Brat, I feel perfectly empowered to leaveanything whenever I wish.  I agree with you, it should be done quietlywithout flourish, but just do it !

Karen C - California · Answer

One of the benefits of my famously touchy digestion ... if I get up and walk out of a meeting, everyone assumes I have a reason, and no one really wants to know the dirty details so they don't ask. The most anyone has ever said to me afterward is "you OK?", and I'm not lying to say "now I am".

Cheryl Isaak · Answer

Oh Pat, I know just what you mean! I've gone to daylily meetings and had the "wonderful speaker" bore me to TEARS with all the details of his/her line breeding and how the neighbor's cats use the garden as a litter box. GET TO THE POINT.

At least with work meetings, I would have to stay alert to dodge getting assigned bullet items that didn't involve actual work.

Cheryl

crzy4xst · Answer

I just find out 2nd hand that I've been assigned something!

Recent memo to the Acct Execs told them to get their invoicing up to date, and mentioned my name 3x as being available to help. And that I had a new task to perform each Friday. Did I get a copy of this memo? No! LOL

One of the acct execs was nice enough to forward it to me tho!

Caryn

Cheryl Isaak · Answer

On 7/31/06 7:38 AM, in article         "        " wrote:Yes - good account exec. Give him/her a cookie! ;)

m_kaeding · Answer

Count me as a third! During the busy "kids in school" years, we hadwhat we called the Kaeding Rule. We had lots of meetings, PTA, BoyScouts, Girl Scouts, Church,etc. Any meeting that wan't done by 9:00PM- too bad - that's when we left. It still amazes me how many folks tryto run a meeting with no agenda, or just don't follow the one theyhave.Mary

Pat P · Answer

Maybe it's thee and me Brat, I feel perfectly empowered to leave

That`s fine when it`s a big enough "audience", and that is what I would normally have done. When there are only about thirty there, though, you just can`t creep out quietly without some sort of excuse! Particularly, as it transpired, when everyone else is bored witless and looking for something - ANYTHING- to notice! LOL! Several have remarked that they wish they`d have thought of it first!!! Fortunately we were sitting in the back row, so no-one had to move.

Pat P

Karen C - California · Answer

One president of our library board let the meetings run on for 3-3.5 hours. The next one informed us that it was her goal to run no more than 1.5. By golly, we managed to discuss everything necessary in an hour the first month. No coffee, so no reason to stay.

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