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Well, I stand corrected. I like the picture of the guy in the football
uniform knitting. I realize it's a video, but I can't get it to play at
work. I'll send it to myself at home.
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From: voxwoman [mailto:voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:50 PM
To: Downing, David
Cc: Mitchell Maltenfort; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Meetings -- ARRGGHHH!!!
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Downing, David
<DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com> wrote:
The problem with that is I'm a man, and real men don't knit.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Maltenfort [mailto:mmalten -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:04 PM
To: Downing, David
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Meetings -- ARRGGHHH!!!
Bring knitting.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Downing, David
<DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com> wrote:
> I just got dragged into a meeting that I was told would last 15
minutes
> and went on for 45 because several people got hung up on one specific
> point, which didn't even concern me. I just read an article in that
same
> issue of INTERCOM about effective meetings, but nobody else seems to
be
> aware of the principles discussed therein, or is unwilling to enforce
> them. The problem is, I wasn't in a position to do anything about it
> because I was an invited guest. What do you all do when you get into
> situations like that besides just grit your teeth?
>
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