The Ladybird Book of the Meeting (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

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This book explores 'The Meeting'. Those never ending sessions at work where you all sit round a table, maybe on a regular basis, listening to someone go on about something that actually isnt really important. Fiona knows this means she will either end up spending the rest of her life with Marcus, or eventually have to break up with him, horribly.

Then there are examples of people making early morning arrangements to attend meetings [I once attended a so-called 'breakfast' meeting so I mischievously took in cereals and bowls] and then the meeting-speak is explored with all sorts of buzz words and phrases being used, many of which often were unknown to the participants but in my experience only rarely did anyone speak up and ask what things meant. Members of one meeting in the book delighted in using some of the new words and could not resist keep reusing such as 'upskilling'. So much so that another member of the said meeting commented, 'Jethro is really upcheesing me.'Kelly has had to come to terms with the idea that though they spent half their lives together, Gareth was not really paying attention for most of it.'

The PERFECT GIFT for that special grandparent you know so well and love with all your heart but whom you haven't got a clue what to get her for a present. Not a bloody clue. In today's dynamic, with the paradigm of equilibrium thrown out for that of entropic change, and the need for a forward looking, sustainable vision of progress management leading to clear structural differentiation, this book is just what the budding leader and meeting attendee needs to read. Calling the office at 3:07am is exactly what someone with a real cold would do,' Jesse thinks to himself as he falls asleep on his stairs with a kebab for a pillow.' By the time he graduates, he will be grown-up: exhausted, hideously in debt and unable to imagine going to bed sober. Learn all about the different kinds of meetings - brainstorms, catch-ups, face-to-face, virtual, unattended - and how to avoid them completely . . .Ryan has decided this is not fair for a reason that will become no clearer over the next six days of his going on and on about it. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. These nerds have paid money to see a film they think is terrible and have seen at least thirty times before.