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That's horrific. Can you download a picture of something boring to everyone but you could talk about at length? Depending on who of my coworkers did this, I could talk at length about Lego, trains, plaster repair, my dog and the things she eats (sometimes twice!)
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I would take a screenshot of the invite and deliver a ten minute lecture on how this meeting is keeping me from actually doing my job.
Second picture is a screenshot of my team's backlog.
Locations don't matter; they'll throw me out of the meeting at the second picture at the latest.
Trains and plaster repair I likely would want to listen to