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Never, ever, to be described as a “[[meet]]”. | Never, ever, to be described as a “[[meet]]”. | ||
“Important” ones are often stewarded by a functionary from the [[COO]] office who gets to watch the the grisly proceedings, occasionally twisting the knife with an innocent | “Important” ones are often stewarded by a functionary from the [[COO]] office who gets to watch the the grisly proceedings up close, occasionally twisting the knife or going [[crazy Ivan]] with an “innocent” question<ref>{{maxim|On a conference call, there are no innocent questions}}. There are stupid questions and trick questions. Although nominally no more than a court clerk, such a person can skew their role to resemble on of the master’s attack dogs. Depending on the disposition of that [[chairperson|person chairing the meeting]], it can therefore be quite the cat-bird seat: rather like walking around the rim of a volcano in one of those big silver spaceman suits watching everyone else in tee-shirts and flip-flops hopping about trying to dodge flying magma. | ||
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*[[Crazy Ivan]] | |||
*[[Meet]] | *[[Meet]] | ||
*[[All-hands conference call]] | *[[All-hands conference call]] | ||
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Conference Call Anatomy™
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Like a conference call, only without phones, it’s much harder (though not impossible, depending on how brazen you are) to multi-task, and impossible to go on mute.
Never, ever, to be described as a “meet”.
“Important” ones are often stewarded by a functionary from the COO office who gets to watch the the grisly proceedings up close, occasionally twisting the knife or going crazy Ivan with an “innocent” question<ref>On a conference call, there are no innocent questions. There are stupid questions and trick questions. Although nominally no more than a court clerk, such a person can skew their role to resemble on of the master’s attack dogs. Depending on the disposition of that person chairing the meeting, it can therefore be quite the cat-bird seat: rather like walking around the rim of a volcano in one of those big silver spaceman suits watching everyone else in tee-shirts and flip-flops hopping about trying to dodge flying magma.