Comments on: It came from the conference room… http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Anti 9-to-5 Guide » It came from the conference room, part 2 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/comment-page-1/#comment-22069 The Anti 9-to-5 Guide » It came from the conference room, part 2 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:33:07 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/#comment-22069 [...] Thanks, everyone, for sending in your best Meeting from Hell stories. Who knew there were so many drunk, stoned, vomiting, conniving, idea-snatching, lobotomized, obsessive compulsive, and three-blinks-shy-of-a-nervous-breakdown managers out there? The PayScale story I wanted them for will be out in November and I’ll link to it here once it’s live. If I decided to use your story, I sent you an email confirming as much. Meanwhile, congrats to Marie, who sent in a tale of a rubber chicken-wielding intoxicated client who used a meeting with her as an opportunity to do his personal car shopping. Complete with phone haggling! With a bunch of car dealerships! [...] [...] Thanks, everyone, for sending in your best Meeting from Hell stories. Who knew there were so many drunk, stoned, vomiting, conniving, idea-snatching, lobotomized, obsessive compulsive, and three-blinks-shy-of-a-nervous-breakdown managers out there? The PayScale story I wanted them for will be out in November and I’ll link to it here once it’s live. If I decided to use your story, I sent you an email confirming as much. Meanwhile, congrats to Marie, who sent in a tale of a rubber chicken-wielding intoxicated client who used a meeting with her as an opportunity to do his personal car shopping. Complete with phone haggling! With a bunch of car dealerships! [...]

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/comment-page-1/#comment-21572 Michelle Goodman Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:23:34 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/#comment-21572 judy, thanks for sharing. i knew i could count on you for a great tale. judy, thanks for sharing. i knew i could count on you for a great tale.

]]> By: Judy http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/comment-page-1/#comment-21568 Judy Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:42:06 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/09/30/it-came-from-the-conference-room/#comment-21568 My worst meeting ever was an editorial meeting at High Times. I was the managing editor and the editor-in-chief had decided to hate my guts and to make his point, he ignored my existence. I could walk up to him, scream his name in his face and wave my hands in the air and he would look right past me. Stupid pothead. Anyway, at this meeting, we were all supposed to come up with story ideas. I came up with a good one, which everyone else liked, but as I didn't exist in his world, he ignored. Ten minutes later--in the same meeting--he told us about a great story idea that had just come to him. MY idea. The one I'd just announced to the entire group. Everyone's jaw dropped as they turned to look at me. I just shrugged. I was kind of glad he did it because my coworkers got to see first hand what a complete jackass he was. My worst meeting ever was an editorial meeting at High Times. I was the managing editor and the editor-in-chief had decided to hate my guts and to make his point, he ignored my existence. I could walk up to him, scream his name in his face and wave my hands in the air and he would look right past me. Stupid pothead.

Anyway, at this meeting, we were all supposed to come up with story ideas. I came up with a good one, which everyone else liked, but as I didn’t exist in his world, he ignored. Ten minutes later–in the same meeting–he told us about a great story idea that had just come to him. MY idea. The one I’d just announced to the entire group. Everyone’s jaw dropped as they turned to look at me. I just shrugged.

I was kind of glad he did it because my coworkers got to see first hand what a complete jackass he was.

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