Months ago I suggested to the committee I'm on that we put out a newsletter of the updates to the software that we're making so that people in the company can be kept abreast of changes. Real simple business shit. Someone volunteered to write it. "Alright," I thought, "I have done a good Business."
The person who volunteered decided to do the first one the hardest way possible, complained about how hard it was, and is now suggesting that we replace the newsletter with a massive meeting where we invite everyone we would have sent the newsletter to and show them a big ol' powerpoint.*
Working in an office simply destroys your brain. I can't help but wonder in what ways I've been affected. What bullshit am I pulling that I'm not even aware of? What is it about working in an office that makes people conflate "have a meeting" with actually getting anything done? What's an office-appropriate way to tell people to go outside and touch some fucking grass
*this is especially funny because we work in online training and education, and constantly rail against this approach as being ineffective, boring, and just generally shitty for everyone involved.