Day Long Meetings
Has anyone else ever had the luxury and fortunate circumstance to attend an all day meeting? If you're like me it's the worst experience in the world. My attention span is, at best, 45 minutes, and that's when I force it. Having to sit and listen to someone or other people for multiple hours is torture.
I remember, awhile back, I used to attend conferences and other technical get togethers and gathers (I've even spoken as Keynote Speaker at a few). I always try to keep my own speaking to a minimum because, really, how long does anyone else want to sit and listen to people drone? Ugh. It's the worst. Speaking isn't so bad, since you're the one engaged. Listening in the audience, however, always makes me realise how much I want to go to the bathroom.
This particular comic is the result of having to sit through hours and hours of something-that-I-still-don't-know. Sometimes I dread the meetings because I'm 100% positive that I'll walk out of them knowing even less than what I did going in. My solution to appease myself is always... well.. something like this.
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Man....that is one of the reasons I GTF out of corporate sales. Now, I have no more day long meetings, ties, and travelling out of country for days at a time to do other people's work! Plus, most speakers were note really worth undressing. ;)
So awesome.
most speakers were note really worth undressing. ;)That is also very funny @zekepickleman
This is too funny Victor. I was taught that one way to get over stage fright, especially when one is speaking to a group, is to imagine the audience is naked.
Also stare over their heads.
I know this to be true in my performances, if I am playing and singing, of course I am scanning my audience for their reactions, but god forbid, if I make eye contact, it is almost like someone snatched the lyrics out from in front of me.
Odd that.
In my VERY FIRST PIANO RECITAL, (my third year of lessons) The piano was on the main stage of the
School auditorium. Center stage, with the curtains pulled from either side so that only the piano and performer were seen.
My teacher stood just behind the curtain in front of me.
My piece was "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa.
Performed by memory, I was going along gangbusters.
I reached a point in the piece where (had I had the music in front of me) there was a page break, a new section. A place to take a quick breath as it were.
I looked up and met my teachers eyes, and it was all gone.
I looked to my right and the audience (they were holding their breath) I looked back at my teacher (gesturing 'go on, go on') I ran my hand down my face, and started over at the beginning of that section.
I got ROUSING applause. Go figure, huh @wwwiebe?
I don't know, I get pretty easily interested in anything they're talking about. Although, yawns do appear and take hold after some time spent in an auditorium.