There is one in every crowd! (Or put your hand down!!)

We've all been in that class where the teacher asks if there is anyone with a question 20 minutes or 10 minutes before the end of class...everyone is thinking the same thing...free time to work if you are in high school or junior high or getting out of class early if you are in college! Yes! Even 10 minutes is priceless if you can get out of class early and have extra free time!! BUT!!!!!! Then someone raises there hand and you go from feeling elation to ticked off! Really?????? Are you serious?

Now, I'm gonna apologize right now if you are or ever have been one of those people who have done this (more than once)....STOP READING RIGHT NOW and go about your day, doing whatever! For the rest of us, keep reading!

Well that happened to me today. I'm supposed to have a 4 p.m. meeting. Our check list of things to have done or get done is finished and taken care of. So a couple of committee members came and  talked me and asked why are we meeting? No idea since our list was done. I volunteered to send the group the to-do list and ask if we really need to meet and what else needs to be done? Tell me!

And I hear nothing EXCEPT for THAT ONE person...."let's meet" she replies two hours later via email. Really? So we're gonna have a meeting to plan our next meeting? Or we are meeting because we have everything done that we are suppose to be meeting about DONE? The individual that had that email reply I'm 99.9% sure is one of "those" people who raised their hands in class when you were on the verge of getting done early and probably did so often. Oblivious to her classmates-no doubt. Grrrr! And so we will meet, for little or nothing at 4 p.m.today. And to be honest I have a theory and opinion on why this person did this. 1. They have been one of those kinds of people their whole life, the ones that love to be involved, so they ask to join or volunteer for this kind of stuff. And usually they need to put their time, energy and efforts into their own business and work,  not be on another committee. They think they are being a leader.  2. They have nothing else to do after school. The other two people who talked to me have busy families and lives, most of us have things we need to do or get done but apparently not everyone.

So we will meet and I'm not sure for what, but we will meet and waste at least a half hour.  I'll show up for this lovely meeting and see what great things we accomplish-yes that is sarcasm.  I hope I'm wrong and we move mountains but if I'm not wrong and this is an utter waste then I have a solution. That is "these kinds of people" all need to be on the same committee or in the same class so they can meet for nothing or ask questions and keep everybody longer on their own time!


Positive though of the day: May all your meetings or classes be meaningful and have a purpose! Keep smiling!