The Law of Meeting Multiplication – Empty calendars are meeting magnets.
John skimmed it, blinked twice, and accepted the invite.
Johnny filed it under Administrative Irony — Volume 12 and noted in bold- In cultures where time is currency, spending it is status.
More from The Footnote:
- One “quick catch-up” spawned a weekly ritual of repetition.
- Another became a “standing meeting” because no one dared end it.
- Agendas were optional, attendance wasn’t.
- Silence was treated as consent — or attendance credit.
John once declined a meeting.
The Boss asked if he was “disengaged.” Mr. Bully said, “We value collaboration.”
The invite returned, upgraded to mandatory.
Johnny noted the pattern:
Absence invites suspicion, not efficiency.
#NaturalLawsOfBullshit #MeetingMulti #MeetingHell
Johnny’s Footnotes is a satirical instrument, infused with humour, for understanding organisational dysfunction, grounded in The Anatomy of Nonsense, also known as the Grand Unified Theory of Bullshit, finally documented so you no longer have to pretend it isn’t happening.
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Disclaimer: The Footnote is a satire — an observation, not an accusation. If it feels uncomfortably accurate, that’s just coincidence. You’re simply not important enough to be targeted.
