On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, at 06:33 [=GMT+1100], Bruce Tonkin wrote:
I was noting that the agenda of the meeting is so packed, that often people will be attending a meeting when they would normally be breaking for lunch.
My experience is that meetings during which people have their lunch are shorter. You cannot speak up immediately with a full mouth. And after chewing and swallowing this great bite from this gorgeous raw beef (not corned beef though that is Argentinian and great too) sandwich, the chair will have moved to the next item. Some people might leave the meeting prematurely, since the person next to her is eating raw tuna fish. (I am guessing tuna is also swimming in the Argentinian part of the Atlantic.) It is of paramount importance, Bruce, that the chair does NOT have his lunch during the meeting. Someone has to do the talking. I am sorry. M