Things one says during meetings: To appear Sharper: "Can you go back to the previous slide?" To appear Pragmatic: "Let's look at the Timelines." To appear Senior: "Who's taking the minutes??" To appear Super senior: "I have a hard stop at 10" When a junior points out a mistake in the slide, Presenter says, "Let's take this offline." When someone points at a glaring miss in one of the slides, "We have addressed that in a subsequent slide" (there is no such slide, and everybody forgets) To appear as a Realist: "Let's take a step back." Oldest guy in the room: "Yaar Chai Nahi Aayi Abhi Tak..." |