Whats the stupidest argument you ever had in a business meeting?

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Tue Mar-17-09 02:54 PM
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Whats the stupidest argument you ever had in a business meeting?

We literally spent 20 minutes today arguing whether or not something should be called a "work practice" or "work instruction"! :banghead:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Tue Mar-17-09 02:54 PM
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1. I once had somebody think we were going to bury a live dog on stage

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mainegreen

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:01 PM
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2. Nothing beats the 'meetings about scheduling meetings' we have around here.

Those are the grand, take-all winner ones.

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charlie and algernon

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:26 PM
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6. hah, I got that beat

We've had meetings to discuss what we were going to say at a meeting to discuss an upcoming meeting.

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mainegreen

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:38 PM
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8. .....

:rofl:

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graywarrior

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:02 PM
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3. Which one of us was more disabled worthy to serve on the board

which needed 51% disabled, 49% not disabled. The one guy who qualified would not admit he was eligible because he did not want anyone to know he was deaf. But we all knew because we had to shout at every meeting in order for him to hear us which he would then deny he couldn't hear us. This went on at every meeting for months. We never solved it.

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Symarip

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:04 PM
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4. It was really bad and alot of it I can't get into but it ended with these words:

I SPENT 2 WEEKS RESEARCHING THAT RESISTOR!!!!!!

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soleiri

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:25 PM
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5. I'm not sure

But the sure-fire way for management to end any argument is to use the term �best practices�
You don�t like our new awesome perfect idea???? But it�s Best Practices!
I hate the term, Best Practices.

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Tue Mar-17-09 03:27 PM
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7. OOh. Corporate catch phrases!

Don't cha just love em!

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