Am I am old codger? A strait-up square? Maybe that's why I'm bothered so much by my current pet peeve: people working on their laptops in meeting and seminars.
Oh boy, I might make some enemies with this one. Come on, guys, you know I love ya! But you know this is good for you, you know you have a problem. Consider this an intervention. Please, repeat after me: Close the lid. Close the lid. Close the lid.
I understand: meetings suck. They're not supposed to, though. Meetings have a good heart, have good intentions, great personalities. You know all those times when you say "if these damn people would just get together and talk then these problems would go away?" Yeah, those are called meetings. Luckily I work at a place that has very, very few meetings, but I'm on assignment of sorts for a while and my client has meetings, and meetings, and meetings. Plus, this week we have a seminar that is teaching us all about the business side, and I really want to learn it because the business fascinates me. But, everyone has a laptop. Throughout the presentations people are clicky clicky clicking working on emails, chat, calendars, other random stuff. Surfing the web. It kills me. Yeah, I get it: you need to get your work done. But, I wonder: how much more work would get done if people paid attention in meetings and solved problems?
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