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UM... UM... UM...21:31 Aug 12 2009
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I did it again. I sat in a meeting and kept counting every time the speaker said "um... um..."
I don't know why I get so hung up on this. It's not as if I'm a great public speaker. I lose my train of that and go off tangents. I take uncomfortably long pauses. I'm one of those people who points with his thumbs like a politician. I pace around the room. But I never say "um" or "uh".
She said "um" 46 times in 35 minutes.
I need to stop doing this.
WASTE OF TIME18:09 Aug 06 2009
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So I've been working on this one project for my boss -- off and on -- for two weeks. I can't honestly say that I've been working on it that hard. Certainly not ever day. Most of it has involved research and analysis, and waiting for faxes. Making phone calls. Waiting for answers. More faxes. And more waiting.
So it has been on my desk, stubbornly, for 2 weeks.. & occupying valuable real estate in my brain.
Five minutes ago, I finally got the presentation into a completed form that I can show to the client. And I realized that it was absolute crap. Let me repeat that: it's CRAP. It's expensive & it won't achieve the client's goals among their target demographics. Did I mention it was expensive?
In summary: it was a turd.
I have wasted my time on a gigantic, expensive turd that my client won't hesitate to reject. I can't polish it enough to make it pretty. I can't give it any positive spin that makes it appealing.
EJECT! EJECT! EJECT!
So I went to my boss to give him an update on the project and to tell him that I can't -- in good conscience -- present this to the client and offer my recommendation, and he asked "What project, again?"
Uh, dude... It's the one you told me to work on 2 weeks ago! I didn't say this, but I THOUGHT it so hard I wondered if he could hear me.
I reminded him; "It's that trade pub for the construction industry..."
"oh..." he said, "why the hell would we consider that? Who's got you working on that piece of crap project?"
Sweet Zeus on a unicorn!! He forgot that it was HIS idea!
So, naturally, I lied & told him I was working on it at the client's request and that I'd copy him on my email.
This pleased him & he went back to working on his crossword puzzle.
THE END.
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COMMENTS
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birra
21:36 Aug 12 2009
No.. she needs to stop doing that. :p
voodoochile
22:03 Aug 12 2009
Ummm, I'm with umm Birra and you on ummm this one...lol
NocturnalMistress
22:07 Aug 12 2009
I have to agree with them... she really has to stop saying that..
It would drive me nuts... hehe
Isis101
22:11 Aug 12 2009
Yeah - you're getting to be a lil' OCD on us, man.
ThothLestat
22:17 Aug 12 2009
speaking of OCD... the bathroom is exactly 55 steps away. My mailbox is exactly 55 steps away in the other direction.
It isn't a coincidence.
*tinfoil hat*
Morrigon
22:19 Aug 12 2009
Conspiracy!!!
Theban
16:04 Aug 13 2009
Wow I say ummm, even in messages! I really don't know why I do it and actually picked myself up on it a couple of weeks ago!
AudreyMathildaTruin
19:12 Aug 18 2009
What would you do in meetings if she quit saying "um" all the time? She does need help though. Maybe a support group.
madamefate
19:17 Aug 29 2009
UMMMMMMMM yeaaaaaaaa *flashes back to office space* If you could just get that tpi report in um yea thanks!ummm