Book 4 of 16
Getting out of a meeting
A room you cannot be in for the next hour. Short reasons, because a long one invites a longer conversation.
778 verses across 25 chapters
A reading
- 1 There's a spreadsheet that governs this and nobody owns it Concerning
- 2 I've been asked for an update on something I've never heard of Concerning
- 3 I've been cc'd onto something that's now mine Unverifiable
- 4 I'm dialling in from somewhere I can't have the camera on Unverifiable
- 5 There's a meeting about the meeting and I have to prepare for it Concerning
- 6 I've done the part of the day I'm good at Unverifiable
- 7 A thing I closed in March has reopened Concerning
- 8 A form I filed in March has come back with a question Not reassuring
- 9 Somebody has escalated something and I'm in the escalation Unverifiable
- 10 My afternoon has been taken by something I didn't agree to Unverifiable
- 11 I've been asked to be somewhere and I've stopped asking why Concerning
- 12 I've been added to a channel that seems to be about me Not reassuring
- 13 I said I'd cover for somebody and now that's happening Plausible
- 14 I've been double-booked by two people who both outrank me Plausible
- 15 I've got a clash and neither side will move Plausible
- 16 I need to leave before the traffic decides against me Plausible
- 17 I have to move the car before the car gets moved for me Plausible
- 18 I've inherited a project from a person who's still here Concerning
Where the rest of them are
- Fragments70
- The Body Malfunctioning67
- The Journey In62
- The Office51
- The Job Itself47
- The Uncanny44
- The Treachery of Objects41
- Devices35
- The Unwell31
- Small Disasters26
- The Kitchen26
- Lapses of Mind24
- How a Morning Fails24
- The Mid-Century Register24
- Work That Will Not Arrive22
- Vaudeville Literalism22
- Reasons to Be at Home20
- Elsewhere20
- Sounds You Cannot Locate20
- Appearing as a Finished Person19
- Communication Sideways19
- People Who Cannot Drive Themselves19
- The Ceiling18
- Hours That Go Missing18
- Animals Have Plans9
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