Can totally relate. I, too, run from boring stuff instead of trying to fix it. 20 years in corporate structures told me its a war of attrition. The departments

Can totally relate. I, too, run from boring stuff instead of trying to fix it. 20 years in corporate structures told me its a war of attrition. The departments and people who like stupid, boring games introduced into the workplace have orders of magnitude more time, resources and - yes - perseverance to cultuvate those things. I run and for most of the time get away with it. Re: not recognizing CEO. Having worked as a senior technical person at board-2 levels in large companies I often failed to recognize the faces board members when meeting them in person. Some people are not good at face recognition, I am one of them. No harm ever came my way for not recognizing some dignitary or other. They truly dont care.