Anyone who has talked to me over the past month has heard one of three phrases in our conversation:
1. I am about to go to a meeting
2. I am in a meeting right now
3. I just got out of a meeting
I feel like its all that I do now - jump from one meeting to the next. I get to school at 8 or 9 in the morning and leave around 7 each day because of them.
So when I got an email a couple of days ago from a guy named Brad telling me I had a meeting this Wednesday at 5, I really didn't think twice about it. I wasn't totally sure what it was about, but he is the current MBA community service chair and I am taking over his spot next year, so I just put it down on my outlook calendar and went on my merry way.
Today I showed up for the meeting at 5 and was really confused what it was about. They were talking about this golf tournament that is in April and how people were doing on their assignments and I realized...this is a meeting of the Supply Chain Organization! I am not even a supply chain concentration much less a member of their organization! But at that point, it was way too late to stand up and be like "Ummm...I'm not supposed to be here." So I ended up just staying and taking on an assignment of calling a guy from IBM who might want to be a sponsor! After the meeting, I talked to Brad and was like "I don't even know why I was there!" He said "Yeah...I was kind of wondering what you were doing here." and I said "You sent me an email saying I had a meeting at 5, so I just showed up!" and he replied "I did? OHHH! There's another girl named Emily in the group and I guess when I put Emily in my address book, it just popped up your name automatically! Well, welcome to the Supply Chain Organization!"
How sad is it that I am just so used to meetings that I will just show up when someone tells me I have one and assume I just forgot that I told someone I'd do something? I'm ready for life to slow down a bit!
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4 comments:
Oh I've definitely had busy times like that in college! I understand. And I'm back so I hope I get to see you soon!
emily, we're going to be at the TCU baseball game tonight. we're having andrew's birthday party there and he gets to throw out the first pitch! if you're there, come see us on the "birthday porch."
Hilarious. I think the best part is that you left with an assignment. Very Office Space!
Emily, meeting, my place 6pm ;) ;). I once sat through a botany lecture because my class had been moved without notification . . . as it turned out the botany lecture was more fun.
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