Chapter 38 have your big meeting

The most boring thing in the world is a meeting.On a good day, a large number of people are forced to put aside the urgent, important, and interesting things at hand, and gather together just to listen to three or five people using their tongues to argue about a matter that cannot be resolved, resolved, or implemented. , really the best way to collectively waste time.It's just a waste of time, but it's a pity that it's just a disappointment and ruined a good mood.Although the venue is not a battlefield, it has a murderous air. When you enter the venue, no matter whether you are a wise man or a fool, a gentleman or a villain, they will change their normal behavior. Superfluous drafts and strict and detailed provisions are all carefully written and carefully deliberated, so as to ensure that the wording is rigorous and comprehensive, and the water is tight, once and for all, and all possible gaps and opportunities that can be exploited are blocked.

The mood of the meeting is not good, because the atmosphere of the venue can only confirm the philosophy of evil.Jijitoshi buried his head in the discussion for three hours, just to guard against an imaginary enemy in the dark, lest he take advantage of everyone, including you, by taking advantage of loopholes in the future.Meetings are a necessary evil in a democratic age.Nominally, it advertises respect for others, but it is actually suspicious of others, and it emphasizes obeying the majority, but in fact it is often influenced by the minority, or at least disrupts the situation. Unless it is finally put to a vote, there will always be voices of controversy.It is impossible for you to close your eyes and rest your mind, or wander off, or think about more interesting problems.Because the human voice is the most distracting of all sounds, it is even more disturbing if the voice is debating, or even criticizing.In Oscar Wilde's famous play "Not to be Played", the eccentric Mrs. Bar said: "I don't like any kind of debate. Debates always make me feel very vulgar, but they often feel reasonable."

If you are weak-willed, you will find it reasonable to listen to anyone's speech, especially the one who is talking always seems to be better than the one above.Then like a little beetle caught in the eloquent cobweb, you gave up struggling and listened all the way.If the tongue is equal, the scene is hot and the climax is repeated, the effect will definitely be refreshing.It's a pity that the discussions are often stuck in a stalemate, or they are trivial. For the sake of "more than two-thirds" or "above the lecturer", should we add the word "including", or should another committee be formed to discuss the rubbish issue, and the new How should committee members be selected to be "sufficiently representative"?

After such repeated deliberation and careful study, a draft was finally passed, which is almost equivalent to revising the composition collectively.It's a pity that what has been achieved is just a mediocre work with no expression and no literary talent, with no loopholes and no value.So no one will happily watch it a second time.That's why after such a meeting, if you are a humorist, you will not be able to laugh, if you are a hero, you will be short of breath, and if you are a poet, you will be disappointed. A few days before the meeting, a shadow had already weighed on my heart, and it became an unbearable annoyance in my life.On the day of the meeting, my pace of going to the meeting always takes a little bit of deliberation.In short, in those few days before and after, I absolutely could not inspire poetry inspiration.In fact, my poems are quite prosperous, and it's not that I can't bear the shock.I used to write sentences on the podium of the invigilator, and I also wrote poems in the "747" economy cabin on the transoceanic, and the crowds around me were more crowded and closer together.However, in the crowd of strangers, "the heart is far away from the self", as far as possible the distance of beauty, and sitting in a row at the conference table, shoulder to shoulder, coughing and spitting, full of colleagues and colleagues for many years, in terms of relationship Intricate and complicated, the voice can be discerned with eyes closed, and every move is distracting. How can you allow yourself to find a sentence leisurely?Yeats said it well: "Arguing with others is rhetoric; arguing with oneself is poetry." Rhetoric is polite dialogue, and poetry is the monologue of the soul.Since rhetoric is popular at the venue, of course there is no room for poetry.

So what I admire the most are those who like and are good at meetings.They are always high-spirited, eloquent, and even monopolize the topic at the meeting. past. And I, out of subconscious resistance, often forget the date of the meeting, and the phone rings repeatedly, and sometimes I go, but forget to bring the thick and thick proposal materials that are almost like a phone book.But the troubles of meeting don't stop there. One is smoking.It's not me who smokes, but the colleague sitting next to me who smokes. I'm just influenced by him nearby, so to be more precise, I should say smell the smoke, or even choke the smoke.A person often feels kind and troubled with his neighbors, which is very contradictory.Colleagues are also a kind of neighbor, and you can't choose them, but they stick next to you during meetings, but there is no wall to separate them, and they share smoke.While you are coughing, you feel the absurdity of "a distant relative is worse than a close neighbor", and you should say "a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative".If several neighbors smoke at the same time, you will be caught in the smoke and smoke, and you will become a wounded soldier with coughing.Fortunately, in recent years, although the society has become more and more degraded, traffic and public security have deteriorated, the ban on smoking in public places has made great progress, and finally the harm of meetings has been eliminated.

Another thing is to drink tea.Of course, everyone drinks their own food, so they won't be affected by neighbors.However, the tea served at the venue is not top-grade as usual, and at the same time, it is quickly becoming lukewarm in the air-conditioned room, let alone drinking tea, just pouring tea.If the workers can't bear to refill the pot over and over again, it will become even more like a cow's drink.The consequence is of course to "make water", and I am happy to walk around.Only then did I realize that it turned out that the outside of the meeting place was also very lively, and the discussions were about things inside the meeting place.

In fact, sitting on the field for a long time is not completely undisturbed.Watching all things quietly is a wonderful experience, and it is even more interesting to observe people.I finally found out that the chairman had a kind of feeling about his sleeves, probably unconsciously, he was nervous and always felt that the cuffs were in his way, so every ten minutes or so, he couldn't help but put his arms forward abruptly. Straighten suddenly, so that the wrist temporarily releases the bundle of long sleeves.The movement was so sudden that I dare say that my colleagues turned a blind eye.I passed on this unique secret to a close neighbor, and the two waited excitedly to see that it would happen again in a few minutes.The neighbor became addicted to watching, and his energy increased sharply. He couldn't wait for the next meeting to come soon.

Soon I discovered that the third supervisor sitting on the left of the chairman also had a strange trick.He must be dissatisfied with his collar, and it must have hindered his freedom, so every once in a while, the shortest time seems to be less than ten minutes, he can't help but twitch his neck, turn his jaw quickly, and make a "pushing deformity" " (twitch) or "twist" (twist), adjust the collar.I am reluctant to share this exclusive spectacle with others, because the neighbor is already inexplicably excited by the chairman's "hands-pushing", and I'm afraid he can't afford the twist of "pushing", in case he bursts out laughing nervously, It is unimaginable.

Of course, there are more than these two secrets to relieve boredom.For example, everyone has ears and noses, which are seen every day, but they are so used to it that they turn a blind eye.But when everyone is sitting in a meeting, if you pay attention to one face after another, you will see all kinds of strange things, and the more they are compared, the more impressive they are, just like staring at the same word, you will have the illusion of not knowing it. The meeting has reached the last "provisional motion".This is the most dangerous time, I am afraid that some people who are still unsatisfied will create something out of nothing, turn their life around, and dare to risk the world's displeasure by proposing some new case.

Fortunately not.And so the meeting came to the best part: the adjournment.So I can rest for half a month until the next meeting.