Sounds like more of a symptom of bad meetings. Maybe no one cared and only attended because they felt pressured to show up. Ime a more common complaint about me

Sounds like more of a symptom of bad meetings. Maybe no one cared and only attended because they felt pressured to show up. Ime a more common complaint about meetings is along the lines of "why am I here", not "I'm to scared to chime in". In your situation, someone doing some unsolicited sales pitch of something that I probably don't need doesn't automatically deserve my attention. They aren't entitled to any acknowledgment from me.