Make meetings fun again!

If you hate meetings (and who doesn't?) you'll love this. While I can't verify its source, this sardonic meeting tip was titled "Kroger Team Conf. Call". I am sure you will find it all to familiar regardless of the company with which you work.
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Subject: FW: Kroger Team Conf. Call

Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars?
What about those long and boring conference calls?
Here's a way to change all that.

1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare
yourself by drawing a square. (I find that 5" x 5" is a good size.)

2. Divide the square into columns - five across and five down. That will give
you 25 one-inch blocks.

3. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
* synergy
* strategic fit
* core competencies
* best practice
* bottom line
* revisit
* expeditious
* to tell you the truth (or "the truth is")
* 24/7
* out of the loop
* benchmark
* value-added
* proactive
* win-win
* think outside the box
* fast track
* result-driven
* knowledge based
* at the end of the day
* touch base
* mindset
* client focused
* paradigm
* game plan
* leverage

4. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.

5. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up
and shout "BULLSHIT!"

Testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players:

"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won."
- Adam, Atlanta

"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically."
- David, Florida

"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win."
- Dan, New York City

"The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us
waited for the fifth box."
- Ben, Denver

"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the
third time in two hours."
- Paul, Cleveland

"When I won and yelled "BULLSHIT!" the woman sleeping next to me slid
off her chair!"
- Joseph, Los Angeles