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  • L leckey 0

    Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

    Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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    Michael Bookatz
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    people actually look at the calender?

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    • L leckey 0

      Yeah, kind of hard for a narcoleptic! Plus my meds dry out my mucus membranes. When I went to a new eye doctor, he asked, "Did you know you have dry eyes?" I wanted to respond, "Oh, you mean that when I blink it feels like steel wool shredding my lenses is caused by dry eyes? Glad you paid for that higher education. I buy so much Clear Eyes I think I'm dating Ben Stein by default." (Apologies to those outside the US who don't get that reference.)

      Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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      Dalek Dave
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      Pair of glasses with 'eyes' painted on them?

      ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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      • P Pete OHanlon

        leckey wrote:

        once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm?

        So don't go. Seriously, meetings are like parasites - looking for hosts to attach themselves to.

        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

        meetings are like parasites - looking for hosts to attach themselves to.

        Another great quote:)

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        • L leckey 0

          Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

          Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          I would (and have) declined in such cases. But generally I'm not that important.

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          • L leckey 0

            Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

            Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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            Garth J Lancaster
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            I have my lunch and other important calendar items booked out for 3 months in advance - if someone doesn't do a busy search, then attempts (and I do say attempts) to book a meeting over one of my blocks, I decline straight away.. if they challenge me, I haul them off to a quiet room and explain to them in no uncertain terms that their behaviour is rude, boorish, and not befitting their position (esp if they are more senior than I am) If on the other hand they do a search, and approach me with a negotiation, I sometimes accept ;-) Hang in there Lis, I'm sure the stress wont be doing you any good 'g'

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            • B Brady Kelly

              I like meetings. One of the few people, never mind developers, that do. As long as it isn't solely for one person's sermon, it's the time to connect everybody to an idea you want to express, without the delays and distortions otherwise involved.

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              Gary R Wheeler
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              I hope there's a treatment program for people like you :((. Good luck :rose:.

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              • L leckey 0

                Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

                Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                Decline it, what's the problem? Or suggest a new time.

                Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

                Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.


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                • L leckey 0

                  Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

                  Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                  smcnulty2000
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                  It doesn't help if you decline. Nobody reads the responses! I've had countless times when people asked me why I wasn't at a meeting I'd declined.

                  _____________________________ What if life IS fair. And everyone is getting what they deserve.

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                  • L leckey 0

                    Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

                    Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                    Brent Lamborn
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                    What better place for a narc nap than in a meating? (ya thats how I spell it)

                    Brent

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                    • L leckey 0

                      Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

                      Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                      coding4ever
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                      I play in a softball league during the summer and games start at 6pm so I generally work 8-4 so I have enough time to go home, have dinner and get to the game. As a result I also book my calendar from 4pm-5pm but inevitably I get a meeting request for 5pm, and it's always from my boss......

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                      • L leckey 0

                        Yeah, kind of hard for a narcoleptic! Plus my meds dry out my mucus membranes. When I went to a new eye doctor, he asked, "Did you know you have dry eyes?" I wanted to respond, "Oh, you mean that when I blink it feels like steel wool shredding my lenses is caused by dry eyes? Glad you paid for that higher education. I buy so much Clear Eyes I think I'm dating Ben Stein by default." (Apologies to those outside the US who don't get that reference.)

                        Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                        MatrixDud
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                        That's what 32oz Red Bulls are for.

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                        • L leckey 0

                          Marking my calendar as "unavailable" from 1pm - 1:30pm so I can take my narcolepsy nap and yet once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm? Grrr...

                          Back in the blog beatch! http://CraptasticNation.blogspot.com/[^]

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                          Tony S Wu
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                          As our Windows tech guy would say: I don't have time to talk about time! My time doesn't even have time! Leave me alone!

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                            That's what 32oz Red Bulls are for.

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                            Dan Neely
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                            ugh. Just do a few energy shots. The best I can say about redbull is that it doesn't taste as gross as monster, on the flip side monster isn't a diuretic. X| I'm not going to call rockstar shots good, but at only 3oz they're done and over will in a few seconds.

                            The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up. The American Way of War: Go over and help them.

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                            • P Pete OHanlon

                              leckey wrote:

                              once a week I get a meeting request for 1pm?

                              So don't go. Seriously, meetings are like parasites - looking for hosts to attach themselves to.

                              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                              As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                              My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                              ormonds
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                              If you do have to go, don't sit down. That conveys a message.

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