Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I love meetings. They are fun. At least the meetings I attend. Why attend any other kind?

There are many types of gatherings that we call “meetings.” That is a disservice to the English language and to the “meeting.”

My little work group has a daily “meeting.” I love it. I laugh and laugh and laugh. It is great fun.

“Oh, that’s not a meeting, that’s a, well, it must be something else.”

A friend used to hold a meeting every morning at work. He served fresh-baked biscuits, ham, sausage, bacon, eggs, and grits at these daily meetings. His crew loved the meetings.

“Oh, that’s not a meeting, that’s a, well, it must be something else.”

We could go on with examples.

Meetings? If you hate them, if they are a waste of time, why are you doing them?

Instead, have those meetings that must be something else. The kind of “meetings” that people love.