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Unproductive meetings are similar to that one friend who insists on getting together but spends the whole time looking through their phone, discussing unimportant topics, and sometimes giving hesitant advice. Pretending to take notes while privately wondering if you might have accomplished more by simply gazing at your inbox is a terrible dance.
By the end of the meeting, you've only gone through three useless slides because there's always that one individual who talks in circles. You depart with the profound, unwavering realization that you could have been doing anything else, such as organizing your sock drawer or learning how to take professional naps.
The meeting leader then utters the well-known phrase, "Let's circle back to this," just when you think things can't get much worse. It's similar to the grown-up equivalent of "I'll ask my mum." "NO! We're done!" is yelling in your head. They would like to "revisit" things in a day, an hour, or a month - who knows?
Everyone else, meanwhile, is acting as though they have anything significant to contribute while privately praying that a stray fire drill or Wi-Fi outage would break the never-ending cycle of useless updates. By the end, you're wondering why you came, why you're still acting like you care, and why you didn't just lie down at your desk and sleep.
Disclaimer: This article contains the writer's opinion. Reader's discretion is advised!
Here are 30 most hilarious memes that perfectly capture the pain of ‘Unproductive Meetings’
1) I am not convinced (Via Pinterest/ @W W)
You have to resist the need to get up and shout, "Challenge accepted!" in this situation. Every minute adds to the endless tale of unrealized potential, and you can almost hear the clock ticking away louder with each second that goes by.
2) As productive as a single well-written email (Via Pinterest/ @Kristi Green)
You could have clicked "send" to spare everyone the agony, but instead we're all staring at each other in silence, acting as though this meeting is somehow more important than the five minutes it would take to read a brief update.
3) When your co-worker asks questions that make the meeting go on for 25 more minutes (Via Pinterest/ @Online Clock)
You can almost hear everyone's reaction in the room when a coworker raises a question that somehow drags the meeting out by twenty-five minutes. They seem to have found a way to take a straightforward idea and transform it into a never-ending rabbit hole. "Did we really need to discuss the color of the slide for this long?" you ask yourself as you sit there and observe the passing of time.
4) The only agenda of the meeting is why we are having this meeting (Via Pinterest/ @Marketoonist)
You know you're in for a trip when the meeting's agenda expressly asks, "Why are we having this meeting?" It's as if you were invited to a party only to stand in a circle and wonder why the celebration was even happening. You're all sitting there attempting to determine if you're in a business strategy session or an existential crisis.
5) Again an unproductive one! (Via Pinterest/ @Connie Kruger)
Again an unproductive meeting with thousands of slides. And the end of the day the result is zero!
6) Trying to stay awake during a meeting (Via Pinterest/ @Asher Sequo)
It feels like a struggle between your body and your survival instinct to try to stay awake during this conference. You're nodding, but it seems more like a pathetic attempt to remain alert than a genuine understanding of what is being said. You pretend to cough every time your eyelids feel heavy to cover up the fact that you're going to crash into your laptop.
7) Again a meeting! (Via Pinterest/ @Work Humor)
A meeting? but for what now? It is just an email.
8) Meeting canceled (Via Pinterest/ @Gülşah Tuğcu)
It's like hearing the two most exquisite words in the English language - "Meeting canceled" - and a tremendous weight is lifted. You may even cry, feeling as though you have been released from a prison sentence. All of a sudden, the day seems to have limitless potential, and you begin to wonder how much you could truly do in the next hour.
9) Schedule another meeting to resolve what trying to resolve in this meeting (Via Pinterest/ @Someecards)
This is a typical tactic to prolong the agony a bit, it's like hitting the "reset" button on all the progress we almost achieved. As more and more timeslots are filled with meaningless conversations, you can almost hear the calendar screaming in anguish. Even after you've set up five more meetings, nobody will have a clear understanding of the true problem.
10) Thank you for giving another terrible idea (Via Pinterest/ @e-Cards)
"This meeting has been the highlight of my day, and I appreciate you bringing up yet another awful proposal and extending it. "We have a whole new level of suffering to explore, but I really thought we'd hit the 'end' button."
11) We need to have a meeting to discuss how productivity is suffering because we are always attending meetings! (Via Pinterest/ @LiquiPlanner)
We should meet to talk about how our constant attendance at meetings is affecting our productivity, which is odd given that we are already wasting time setting up new ones. We are currently only productive when we get together for meetings to discuss how ineffective we are.
12) A simple wish! (Via Pinterest/ @someecards)
You can politely decline this meeting request and feel like you've succeeded at life. Accepting nothing but your own sanity in return is like the ultimate power move.
13) It's my meeting and i will cry if I want to (Via Pinterest/ @mysocalledchaos.com)
Because, really, who wouldn't cry when they heard endless arguments about nothing? If nothing else, I'll have a good reason for getting my 47th coffee refill.
14) Your meeting is a high priority if there's free food (Via Pinterest/ @Meet-Up)
When there is free food available, your meeting immediately becomes more important; after all, who cares about the agenda when there are snacks available? All of a sudden, you find yourself paying close attention to everything that is said, but in reality, all you are doing is figuring out how many tiny sandwiches you can stealthily take without anyone knowing.
15) Thanks for scheduling a meeting to discuss when we should schedule our meetings (Via Pinterest/ @Someecards)
Thank you for setting up a meeting to talk about the best time to meet- this is really the height of efficiency. Determining when to waste more time has always been a fantasy of mine. It resembles an endless cycle of scheduling choices that result in even more choices.
16) How to make meetings shorter (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
Do you want to cut a meeting short? Nothing says "efficiency" like trying to have a discussion when your muscles are screaming for mercy, so have everyone do planks while talking about the agenda. When we go through the endless list of useless points, at least we'll have burnt off some calories by the end!
17) When the meeting is over but people keep asking stupid questions (Via Pinterest/ @eBaum's World)
After the meeting is ended, folks continue to ask pointless questions as though they're trying out for a sequel. It seems as though the credits are about to roll when someone pauses the film for an uncalled-for encore.
18) Participants you find in every team meeting on Zoom (Via Pinterest/ @Buskers)
Zoom meeting in a nutshell! we all can relate to it!
19) This meeting could have been an email (Via Pinterest/ @WG)
Email could have been used for this conference, but instead, we're in a virtual room acting like it's the most effective way to communicate. It's as if someone chose to describe the precise ingredients while baking a cake and serving it one crumb at a time. We're here for a full-fledged production with pointless slides and annoying pauses, but you could have sent the same information in five bullet points instead.
20) Meeting! Meeting! Meeting! (Via Pinterest/@Digital Mom Blog)
Life seems to be one long, pointless office meeting; every time you think you're making progress, someone asks a question that puts you right back where you started. It seems as though the cosmos has planned an endless round of arguments about the color of the PowerPoint slides as you're sitting there wishing you could have napped for the past hour.
21) Isn't it a beautiful day? (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
When your boss asks, 'Isn't it a wonderful day?' with a smile and after that says 'Meeting at 5 PM!' is the last thing you want when you're secretly hoping for a pleasant, relaxed afternoon. All of a sudden, the birds stop singing and the sun appears to be less bright.
22) Team meeting to just 'check in' (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
Team meeting to simply 'check in' - because nothing says productivity like squandering half an hour making sure everyone is still here and healthy. At least we are aware that we are taking some action.
23) "Oh look! Another meeting request" (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
When you really need to cut back on the number of meetings on your agenda! your calendar seems to have a personal grudge against your leisure time.
24) Are you lonely? (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
Are you experiencing loneliness? Hold a meeting instead of worrying! Awkward silences and long presentations on uninteresting subjects are the best ways to unite people.
25) When your boss says it's gonna be a fun meeting (Via Pinterest/ @fun meeting meme)
When your employer tells you that the meeting will be enjoyable, you instantly begin preparing yourself for a three-hour argument about email subject lines. "Fun," they said. "Fun..."
26) Me during a meeting (Via Pinterest/ @Beth)
I was depressed, irritated, and wondering about my life decisions during the meeting. I couldn't understand how I went from having big dreams to sitting here listening to the fourteenth person outline their "action items" for the day. Is there any chance to join the circus now?
27) I survived the meeting (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
You barely made it through the meeting. You somehow got through it without totally losing your sanity or your will to live. Now, where's the closest way to get away and take a nap?
28) No one wants to meet (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom Blog)
No one wants to meet on Fridays, so stop setting up meetings on those days! Instead of coming up with ideas for the next major endeavor, everyone is just counting down the hours until liberation. Right now, thinking about the weekend is the only constructive activity.
29) We need to waste more time on this(via Pinterest/ @Someecards)
Completely agree that we should spend more time on this. Why make progress when we may spend an additional hour engaging in worthless debates and needless discussions? It's almost like a patient team-building activity!
30) Its again Monday (Via Pinterest/ @Digital Mom)
Monday has arrived once more, which means more pointless meetings! We're already plunging into a void of pointless conversations before the week has even begun. It's consistent, at least.
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Unproductive meetings are like a black hole for time; your productivity is sucked in without any trace, and the minutes disappear into thin air. When it's finally over, you spend half the time planning your lunch and the other half nodding and acting as though you care.
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