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Look, I know that people can't always keep a meeting appointment because 'life happens', but don't you think it's a bit rude not to check your diary more than 90 minutes before to confirm that the meeting invite you've accepted and been aware of for 3 weeks is actually still tenable?

Yes, I've come all the way up to London for a meeting, sitting in our London office (not my normal one) and less than 1hr till I'm due to meet a customer and they merrily email and say 'oops I'm double booked, can we reschedule?'



Who lives their life like this? The height of rudeness.

Cunts do. And they're everywhere.

I have to say that I would check up the day before if I was having to make a special effort. But hey - we're all wise in hindsight and advice to others, right

Yep, getting your secretary to send a "you still on for tomorrow" reminder is definitely worth it for things scheduled well in advance.

JLv3.0 wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:28 am Cunts do. And they're everywhere.

People with ADHD who schedule things for "not now" and then get surprised when "not now" becomes "now". I do it all the time*, but I'm also a cunt.

*I wouldn't cancel an external visitor who I knew had travelled.

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:02 am Yep, getting your secretary to send a "you still on for tomorrow" reminder is definitely worth it for things scheduled well in advance.

Worst "I still live in the 1950s and have a secretary" post ever.

NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:02 am Yep, getting your secretary to send a "you still on for tomorrow" reminder is definitely worth it for things scheduled well in advance.

Worst "I still live in the 1950s and have a secretary" post ever.

GG, do you get your secretary to start phone calls for you as well, before handing over to you?

NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:02 am Yep, getting your secretary to send a "you still on for tomorrow" reminder is definitely worth it for things scheduled well in advance.

Worst "I still live in the 1950s and have a secretary" post ever.

Law firms being at the vanguard of progress as always.

Anyway, I have a separate office with a door too. I don't know about you but the old ways sound better to me

(In the interests of full disclosure, I share a secretary with about 4 other people so in reality she's more of a general admin assistant that does some typing. I don't ask her to do my shopping or book personal appointments)

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:07 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:02 am Yep, getting your secretary to send a "you still on for tomorrow" reminder is definitely worth it for things scheduled well in advance.

Worst "I still live in the 1950s and have a secretary" post ever.

GG, do you get your secretary to start phone calls for you as well, before handing over to you?

No, I have my trainee or a junior do that

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:02 am Yep, getting your secretary to send a "you still on for tomorrow" reminder is definitely worth it for things scheduled well in advance.

Worst "I still live in the 1950s and have a secretary" post ever.

In the interests of full disclosure, I share a secretary with about 4 other people

Doesn’t sound very hygienic
Hope you have frequent check ups!

Mito Man wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:11 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am

Worst "I still live in the 1950s and have a secretary" post ever.

In the interests of full disclosure, I share a secretary with about 4 other people

Doesn’t sound very hygienic
Hope you have frequent check ups!

I'll get her to diarise.

Also, I nowhere said she was a woman, you sexist.

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:12 am

Mito Man wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:11 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am

In the interests of full disclosure, I share a secretary with about 4 other people

Doesn’t sound very hygienic
Hope you have frequent check ups!

I'll get her to diarise.

Also, I nowhere said she was a woman, you sexist.

Nor did I. I’d rather you call me a modern thinker who accepts that different people are into different things

Mito Man wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:17 am

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:12 am

Mito Man wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:11 am

Doesn’t sound very hygienic
Hope you have frequent check ups!

I'll get her to diarise.

Also, I nowhere said she was a woman, you sexist.

Nor did I. I’d rather you call me a modern thinker who accepts that different people are into different things

I was expecting that response but you forgot to admonish me for believe in binary genders in the first place.

London and meetings

https://youtu.be/2YFrwfRXvyg

Simon wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:20 am they merrily email

This got missed, I think. But emailing the same day as a meeting to cancel it? E-MAIL?!

Fucking cunt. Pick your fucking phone up and explain yourself rather than relying on the other person who you're fucking around to constantly check his email.

Simon wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:20 am ...I'm due to meet a customer...

There you go. They know they can get away with it.

JLv3.0 wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:45 am

Simon wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:20 am they merrily email

This got missed, I think. But emailing the same day as a meeting to cancel it? E-MAIL?!

Fucking cunt. Pick your fucking phone up and explain yourself rather than relying on the other person who you're fucking around to constantly check his email.

This. I'd ignore the e-mail and wait for the fecker to show their face

Meeting was off-on-off-on. Eventually they sent a stand in who was very useful and very receptive to our ideas. Thank fuck.

I hate going into London, even more so if I know it was a wasted trip.

I once traveled to Docklands office of a client to find *everyone* on the project had decided to WFH that day. FFS!

I've had meetings postponed between the time it takes me to lock my PC and walk up two flights of stairs to the boardroom for the meeting. Sat there for ten minutes until someone bothers to pop up and check we got the email. Fking no you moron, why else would I be sitting here enjoying the peace and quiet.

My colleagues all have laptops so they're plugged in 24/7, I'm trying to avoid that burden

GG. wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am (In the interests of full disclosure, I share a secretary with about 4 other people ...........

Insert Alan B'Stard line as applicable...