greatest invention ever...

[ferndorn]

In our weekly staff meeting today, this one guy was droning on and on about something (no idea what he was talking about). We had people conferenced in on the phone with an automated meeting set-up thingy. Apparently the meeting was only scheduled for an hour, because 55 minutes after the start (while the guy was droning on) the automated phone

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[hallwayjulie]

Instead of putting it in your PDA, just look directly at the person and SAY "You have five minutes left."

[ferndorn]

True, although it was just funny to hear a phony voice say that and the guy listened to it. I think phony voices have more authority than me.

[hallwayjulie]

Well, what if you said it in a total monotone?!

[ferndorn]

That would be pretty funny... I could totally act like I was listening and then just drop into this blank stare and say "You have five minutes left until this meeting is over" and the recover, as though I had just been possessed by the spirit of the phone voice. It would certainly make boring people less inclined to talk to me. Heck, I could even do that in bars. Maybe YOU should try that next time you're at a bar and a guy is hitting on you. "You have five minutes left to hit on me."

[getmeoutofhere]

What does your seesta do?

[ferndorn]

She's an analyst for DIA. And she lurves Kitty McCat.

[getmeoutofhere]

OooOoOooHHhH!

[anonymous]

why didn’t I come across this article earlier!!! pretty useful!!!