Today's meeting was an hour-and-a-half spent on bike-shedding the position--and color--of the "logout" button on our product page.
15 minutes were spent debating the resident usability expert who suggested white text on a dark blue background would be more readable for people with low vision. The department manager insisted on retaining pastel blue as it is his favorite color.
45 minutes were spent arguing over whether "logout" or "log out" comprises proper semantics. Our linguistic expert was unfortunately not able to attend as she was sent on a business trip earlier in the week.
The last 30 minutes were focused on team-building exercises as Bob doodled on his tablet and Susan smiled politely at the speaker whilst screaming internally as she had 3 more meetings to attend before her department could move forward.
WFH hasn't lessened the amount of bullshit, but it's become more tolerable. I mute my mic and put on a playlist with elevator music.
Now all I need is an AI standin and this summarizer and we've basically achieved universal basic income.
Viola! My deep fake can stand in at meetings now while I code.