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[[File:All-hands-on-deck.jpg|450px|thumb|center|“We’ll just give it another five minutes to allow people to join”.]] | [[File:All-hands-on-deck.jpg|450px|thumb|center|“We’ll just give it another five minutes to allow people to join”.]] | ||
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The notion that gathering 17 people around the world to stop what | The notion that gathering 17 people around the world to stop what they’re doing and listen to someone run through a spreadsheet for an hour and a half is in some way a sensible idea. | ||
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. |