Comments for I Hate Conference Calls http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com You hate them? I hate them more. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Sorry in interrupt your meeting, but we have a lot of birthdays this week… by rubken http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=82&cpage=1#comment-143 rubken Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:22 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=82#comment-143 Perhaps they dropped a cupcake on the phone bridge? Perhaps they dropped a cupcake on the phone bridge?

]]> Comment on Sorry in interrupt your meeting, but we have a lot of birthdays this week… by Ben Saltzman http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=82&cpage=1#comment-142 Ben Saltzman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:57:49 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=82#comment-142 Nice haircut. Not at all like the brotherhood. Nice haircut. Not at all like the brotherhood.

]]> Comment on Sure I can do the call. Just let me know that it’s happening. Hello? by mattford1 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=77&cpage=1#comment-128 mattford1 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:47:09 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=77#comment-128 I'm sitting here listening to a director and a tech guy argue about cameras. This is very exciting. I think this sucks more than anything out there that sucks. I’m sitting here listening to a director and a tech guy argue about cameras. This is very exciting. I think this sucks more than anything out there that sucks.

]]> Comment on Hoping for a perfect game here… by Ken Newman http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=74&cpage=1#comment-77 Ken Newman Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:56:26 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=74#comment-77 Ya know, Greg, most of those conference call systems have a way you can mute yourself, even if you don't have a mute button on your phone... for example, press *6 to mute, *9 to unmute on some calls... Good luck with that! Ya know, Greg, most of those conference call systems have a way you can mute yourself, even if you don’t have a mute button on your phone… for example, press *6 to mute, *9 to unmute on some calls…
Good luck with that!

]]> Comment on Hoping for a perfect game here… by wowo http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=74&cpage=1#comment-68 wowo Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:36:23 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=74#comment-68 Hilarious, as usual. Quagmire or no. Hilarious, as usual. Quagmire or no.

]]> Comment on The New Economy — More or less conference calls? by rubken http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-60 rubken Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:18:03 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=57#comment-60 I don't think it has anything to do with you (though paranoia is always a sensible default position). This is all about box ticking, 15 folks on a con-call aren't going to accomplish anything, but someone can say they did something useful today and possibly even believe it. The phone with no mute button is a cruel thing. I don't think I could cope without mute. I love mute. I only wish I could apply it remotely to others on calls with me. I don’t think it has anything to do with you (though paranoia is always a sensible default position). This is all about box ticking, 15 folks on a con-call aren’t going to accomplish anything, but someone can say they did something useful today and possibly even believe it.

The phone with no mute button is a cruel thing. I don’t think I could cope without mute. I love mute. I only wish I could apply it remotely to others on calls with me.

]]> Comment on The New Economy — More or less conference calls? by Wowo http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=57&cpage=1#comment-59 Wowo Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:37 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=57#comment-59 It's a grammatical thing -- "fewer" conference calls . . . "less" conference call sauce. It’s a grammatical thing — “fewer” conference calls . . . “less” conference call sauce.

]]> Comment on Objectives for the Call by alex http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=48&cpage=1#comment-57 alex Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:34:40 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=48#comment-57 Add to my Bookmarks :) Add to my Bookmarks :)

]]> Comment on Objectives for the Call by Eugene http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=48&cpage=1#comment-51 Eugene Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:20:45 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=48#comment-51 Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene

]]> Comment on Gender Gap… by rubken http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=46&cpage=1#comment-44 rubken Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:49:18 +0000 http://www.ihateconferencecalls.com/?p=46#comment-44 Time is the crucial thing (I reckon). Calls always drag on whether they're productive or not and suddenly they pass the magic threshold and we've entered the world of collective stupid. Once we're there calls can last lifetimes. The elusive 10 minuter sometimes seems in reach but it's always a mirage. None of us is as dumb as all of us. Time is the crucial thing (I reckon). Calls always drag on whether they’re productive or not and suddenly they pass the magic threshold and we’ve entered the world of collective stupid. Once we’re there calls can last lifetimes.

The elusive 10 minuter sometimes seems in reach but it’s always a mirage. None of us is as dumb as all of us.

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