Lately I have seem to be ending up in meetings where at the end of a PowerPoint presentation the presenter uses a famous quote. Recently this came in the form of an anonymous quote from the underground railroad. The meeting was about, telecommuting... The quote underground railroad, the meeting TELECOMMUTING.
Okay so in case this is not screaming out at you, why on Earth am I supposed to connect the two of these. Don't get me wrong, I am all for using knowledge gained in one area and applying it to another but this has gone to far. Please sound off if you agree. If you don't, please include your address so I can sneak into your house, enslave you, write down something profound that someone said who is trying to free you and then give that quote to a person to use in a presentation about the office coffee!
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I'm hopeful it's a passing fad, one that the doofuses who are attempting to show how smart they are (but actually end up kind of illustrating the opposite) realize when this practice enters their consciousness after they've read several Dilbert strips that ridicule the concept.
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever."
- Anonymous
I think it's lame, and you might consider a change of jobs. Then again, I feel lucky since I attend very, very few meetings with Powerpoint presentations where such Tom Foolery could occur.
I think that if you're going to do a Power Point presentation, the least you could do is end it with some pornography.
"Nothing is quite so powerful as a bad idea whose moment has arrived!"
Robert Rankin
Armageddon: The Musical
Oh, thanks, Sean! Now I am sitting here trying to suss-out what possible connection there could be between people fleeing from slavery to the north and trying to get out of a cubicle and work in the splendor and comfort of your own home. Ah!
"Never Mind…"
Emily Littella
Amen NABBERCOW!
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