Sure, Cancel My 7am Meeting... at 7:05am
Sep. 19th, 2024 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerSome people hate meetings. I actually like meetings. I'm in sales, so meetings are how we get a lot of our stuff done. Meetings are great... as long as they're well run, with an appropriate purpose, agenda, and attendees.
Yes, that means there are also meetings I don't like. One type of meeting fail that pisses me off is when the meeting is canceled at the last minute. Plans change, some key person suddenly can't make it; I understand that. Business, like life, happens. Cancel or reschedule in advance, fine. But when people cancel at the last minute— or, as happened this morning, cancel 5 minutes after the meeting was supposed to start— that frustrates me because it wastes my time.
I'm a busy person at work. I have a busy calendar. Yes, it's full of meetings. It's full of meetings because, again, in my line of work meetings are good. When I commit to attend a meeting, that time on my calendar is blocked. There are other things I have to say No to participating in because I accepted that meeting. Thus canceling a meeting last-minute, or 5 minutes after it was supposed to start, is not "giving [me] back [my] time." No, it's wasting my time. I already had to say No to something else. In today's case, that "something else" was literally sleep. I got up early to accommodate that 7am meeting. After I'm showered, dressed, and prepped for a meeting I can't go back and make up for the lost sleep.
Yes, that means there are also meetings I don't like. One type of meeting fail that pisses me off is when the meeting is canceled at the last minute. Plans change, some key person suddenly can't make it; I understand that. Business, like life, happens. Cancel or reschedule in advance, fine. But when people cancel at the last minute— or, as happened this morning, cancel 5 minutes after the meeting was supposed to start— that frustrates me because it wastes my time.
I'm a busy person at work. I have a busy calendar. Yes, it's full of meetings. It's full of meetings because, again, in my line of work meetings are good. When I commit to attend a meeting, that time on my calendar is blocked. There are other things I have to say No to participating in because I accepted that meeting. Thus canceling a meeting last-minute, or 5 minutes after it was supposed to start, is not "giving [me] back [my] time." No, it's wasting my time. I already had to say No to something else. In today's case, that "something else" was literally sleep. I got up early to accommodate that 7am meeting. After I'm showered, dressed, and prepped for a meeting I can't go back and make up for the lost sleep.
