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Made insufferably worse when, unexpectedly, the group gets through the agenda more quickly than expected and the call leader, who has been droning in a Jersey monotone for 47 minutes, says, “okay, we still have [[twenty-five minutes left]] ...” or “[[I’m conscious that time is precious]]” as if sitting on your tedious [[conference call]] isn’t the worst conceivable use of anyone’s time, patience or goodwill. | Made insufferably worse when, unexpectedly, the group gets through the agenda more quickly than expected and the call leader, who has been droning in a Jersey monotone for 47 minutes, says, “okay, we still have [[twenty-five minutes left]] ...” or “[[I’m conscious that time is precious]]” as if sitting on your tedious [[conference call]] isn’t the worst conceivable use of anyone’s time, patience or goodwill. | ||
The worst kind of [[conference call]], with countless participants, redundantly representing all different walks of departmental life, each to donate an hour of their sorry existence in deference of the | The worst kind of [[conference call]], with countless participants, redundantly representing all different walks of departmental life, each to donate an hour of their sorry existence in deference of the great {{t|dogma}} and the cast iron guarantee that nothing will be achieved beyond ratcheting the tedium and [[entropy]] in the organisation ever nearer that threshold of [[boredom heat death]] at which point all our trials will be over, the [[great day of judgement]] will be upon us, and we will at last be delivered from our suffering. | ||
Look at it this way: you’ve just had a “'''Booking Model Operational Risk Working Group Fortnightly [[Stakeholder]] Call'''” put in your diary. | Look at it this way: you’ve just had a “'''Booking Model Operational Risk Working Group Fortnightly [[Stakeholder]] Call'''” put in your diary. | ||