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Lo, Meetings: A Haiku on Wasted Time
Who’s ordering the food this time? Susan wants to know…
What I know for sure,
this could have been an email.
Alas, here we are.
Can anyone here
make a decision about
what we’re discussing?
No, it appears not.
We will have to “circle back”
at another time.
Everybody, now,
look at your calendars please,
at the next six weeks.
When are we all free?
How about Tuesday at noon,
five Tuesdays from now?
No, that doesn’t work
for Susan in accounting.
That is her day off.
Okay, let us go
back to the drawing board, eh?
What about next month?
No, not then either.
Too many “team-building” days,
and we’ll be tired.
Oh, on a side note,
who will handle food orders?
Last time it was bad.
Remember, Susan
ordered Turkey but got ham.
It was so tragic.
Never mind, I guess.
Maybe we don’t need to meet
after all, you guys.
Instead, let us start
a reply-all email thread
for eternity.
