Seal the Deal

The meeting was dragging on and on; finally Scott whispers to Phil, “When will the boss stop talking?” Phil whispers back, “ I am about to explode from that second monster cup of coffee”. Scott smothers a laugh and the boss abruptly wraps the meeting and rushes out of the conference room. Scott and Phil waste no time following him into the Men’s room. The boss parks himself in the center urinal and Scott and Phil occupy the two urinals to the right and left of him.

After an awkward moment of silence, the boss says, “what do you guys think, was that a good meeting?”. Phil was first to respond, “It was good, lots of information to digest”, then Scott adds, “Yea good meeting”.

Then silence ….

Observing from the 5th dimension were aliens. One alien asks, “What does this mean?” Another responds “We observe this human ritual thousands of times every day in every company we visit and it seldom varies:

1. Humans arrive into the conference room,


2. Then they drink coffee and listen to the proposal,


3. Finally they go to the urinal to ‘Seal the Deal’.”
   
   
   Later one alien breaks the silence at the de-ionization portal, “Your research on the office habits of humans is fascinating”.

Effective Meetings

Copyright Dave Nocera 2007