Meeting is Overrated
- Go to a meeting and realise that you’re there for your ears and eyes only, and not your mouth.
- Go to a meeting and after a long brainstorming, resolves nothing.
- Go to a meeting and realize that the people that really understand the subjects are not invited.
Well, can I be blamed if I go late to a meeting and leave early? But, I’m not late, I’m living in soft time.
“soft time”, a term that has been coined to describe the thinking of a cell-phone user who calls at 8:20 to say he will be late for the 8:30 meeting, arrives at 8:45, and considers himself on time because he called ahead.
So, rubber-watch Indonesian out there, welcome to the “soft time” zone.


July 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Hmm… even better:
Make a phone call at 9.00 and state that you’ll be late because of traffic jam while in fact you’re just woke up.
July 16th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
owh, Business blog, oops salah masuk
July 16th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
“How many of you have :
1. Go to a meeting and realise that you’re there for your ears and eyes only, and not your mouth.
2. Go to a meeting and after a long brainstorming, resolves nothing.
3. Go to a meeting and realize that the people that really understand the subjects are not invited.”
Me? in every meeting I’ve attended.. hahahahaha
July 16th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Yeahh I did it sometimes
July 16th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
wekekek this is my hobby bro
July 17th, 2008 at 7:38 am
I’ve never heard of “soft time” before. Interesting…but still late for the meeting. Nice post.
peace,
mike
livelife365
July 17th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Thanks for sharing insights.
I like to learn any information in this blog.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:23 am
meeting…? panggilan pertama masi belon meninggalkan meja kerja… panggilan kedua mulai nyari buku agenda… panggilan ketiga mulai jalan ke ruang meeting…
kalo lagi ga blank ya ikut ngomong … kalo lagi blank ya bengong aja…
July 17th, 2008 at 11:08 am
it’s so damn true!
sadly i always come on time when my all other associates come late. damn.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
belakangan ini jarang ada meeting, apalagi pas liburan. meetingnya cukup lewat menaburkan komen di blog, hehehe
July 17th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
tuh download link nya dah ku pasang di komen area..
July 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Make a phone call and state i am gonna be a wee bit late.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
blog standard internasional…
saya gak bisa bhs inggris..
hehehe i like this blogg…
July 17th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
wow, sometimes i do that…call ten minute before the appoitment to make him/her waiting me. do you have heard this phrase ? “bintang tamu selalu datang terlambat”
July 17th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Salam …
This is Meeting and kebanyakan meeting tambah riet , ya setuju met di blog aja …
putra Boyolali
July 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Lol! I’m with HabsQ on this one… I’ve called quite a number of times saying i’ll be late, but really, I just woke up! Lol!
Soft time? Hmm… that’s a new term to me
July 18th, 2008 at 4:49 am
I found myself attend the meeting just for ears and eyes for many times. Yeah, just like the point number one.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I’m the one who said, “Meeting, what meeting?”
July 18th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hahahah, tergantung meetingnya dimana pak :D, kalau client A bisa baru mulai meeting jam 10:00, client B bisa mulai meeting jam 11:00, client C bisa tiba-tiba mbatalin meeting padahal pemberitahuan sudah jelas berhari-hari sebelumnya.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 am
Just heard that ’soft time’ term..
Umm, I really wouldn’t wanna be the one organizing the meeting..
July 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Buddy, soft time is so me! “Pak, aku masih di jalan nih. Mungkin telat 10 menit. Mahap ya, macet…”. kekekkek