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Working on your laptop while you're in a meeting is one of the most rude behaviors possible. Many varieties of rudeness are culture-specific. No matter how po
by tbrownaw 10y ago
Working on your laptop while you're in a meeting is one of the most rude behaviors possible.
Many varieties of rudeness are culture-specific.
No matter how popular it is to say that all meetings should only include people who will need to be 100% engaged the whole time, should only ever be attended entirely at each participant's discretion, etc, things do not always work out this way.
If I'm attending a big status meeting where I go second and only need to listen to the first and sixth updates or when my name is mentioned, guess what happens for the rest of the time?
- pc86 10y agoYou listen to 3-5. Not only because it's rude not to, but because you might actually learn something. Whether technical, or about the business, or just reaffirming your distaste for the person giving update #4.
- thesmallestcat 10y agoEither you're naive, or pretending. Enjoy hanging on every word in every meeting like it's your first job.
- pc86 10y agoThe mediocre work you can do on a laptop in a meeting is not going to get you a promotion over anyone else. It's just common courtesy to listen to someone when they're talking. But please, continue thinking that people are naive for not being rude.