
What was it like when the overhead projector refused to cooperate? Or what about the time you could not find the meeting room?
Before embarking on a new culture of online meetings, confess to us your funniest meeting experiences – anonymously of course.
Meeting confessional
Read the “shocking” anonymous confessions here…
“It was a bad omen when we woke up on the day of the appointment to a torrential downpour. The weather slowed us down and caused us to be late. Then as we were unloading our stuff from the car my laptop bag fell on the ground. Of course, no one thought to bring an umbrella. So we arrived at the customer looking like a few wet puppies. But that wasn’t the worst of it. The laptop didn't survive the fall in the parking lot, so we couldn't access the presentation we wanted to give the customer. The whole thing was rather embarrassing…”
“So we were sitting in a high-level management meeting where we were scheduled to present a concept for restructuring our call center. Shortly before we were supposed to get started, I took a sip from my soda. My co-worker found a humorous transition to our presentation, which turned out to be my downfall. My urge to laugh was so uncontrollable that I sprayed a mouthful of soda all over the table…”
“We were all ready for a day of meetings with customers and our management board. Then suddenly the power went out. Everything was dark and nothing worked. After a few minutes of frantically trying to "shed some light on the situation", we learned that construction workers had severed our power connection. Fortunately the boss remained calm and we went to lunch early. After about two hours we were back up and running…”
Confess your experiences
And here is where you can dish some dirt. Tell us about your worst meeting experience ever. It’ll feel good to get if off your chest.