tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post4436532242804180679..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Rising Blood PressureBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-65197529374110293382010-08-20T13:23:05.227-07:002010-08-20T13:23:05.227-07:00I've gotten much better at missing meetings th...I've gotten much better at missing meetings that are guaranteed to drive me batty. Excuses I have offered:<br />"Oh dear, I have another commitment that day/time."<br />"So sorry but I just can't make it this time."<br />"I'm afraid I have another obligation during our meeting time."<br />"I have an unavoidable conflict tomorrow."<br /><br />Of course, most of the time I was offering those excuses, I was actually at the doctor - side benefit of cancer, I suppose - but they work just as well now!phd mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708857060614302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-19110492478177455862010-08-20T10:56:04.304-07:002010-08-20T10:56:04.304-07:00"previous obligation" is always good. a..."previous obligation" is always good. and it's not even a lie, since your priority is sanity, and attending to the things where you have to show up and can make a difference.<br /><br />feeling a migraine is good for when you go anyway, and need to escape. also not an outright lie.<br /><br />i'm also californian and a wimp. walked my way through college, but it was a smallish campus, and no snow. i seriously don't even know how to deal with snow. parking a distance while needing to lug things through winter sounds dismal. have they considered a shuttle? sled-shares? pack-reindeer? you could get by with a roller-bag if not for the snow.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-32718310423571666842010-08-20T08:59:45.294-07:002010-08-20T08:59:45.294-07:00Can't get over the deer ass.
*blink blink bli...Can't get over the deer ass. <br />*blink blink blink*<br />Is that real?<br /><br />And I'm so grateful for the other commenters' suggestions about how to not go to a meeting gracefully. Will be adopting promptly.Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-22035686497201109032010-08-20T08:27:50.152-07:002010-08-20T08:27:50.152-07:00"I'm sorry. I have a prior commitment.&q..."I'm sorry. I have a prior commitment."<br /><br />And, in fact, you do. A commitment to your own sanity and well-being!<br /><br />And if they are so rude to ask you what it is, you can respond, "I'm sorry, but I really don't feel comfortable discussing it with colleagues."<br /><br />Let them think about what that might mean!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-19767530281739620952010-08-19T20:43:23.728-07:002010-08-19T20:43:23.728-07:00If there is nothing you have to contribute at the ...If there is nothing you have to contribute at the meeting (and it doesn't sound as if there is) I'd skip it. And if anyone asks, you couldn't make it (though it would be fun to say you couldn't find parking.)<br /><br />Parking IS the third rail of academic administration.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-59572563191427142362010-08-19T19:47:44.559-07:002010-08-19T19:47:44.559-07:00You could always claim a migraine. Because frankly...You could always claim a migraine. Because frankly, those meetings will give you one anyhow.Terminal Degreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523014953046778630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-37986579556985203342010-08-19T16:58:47.255-07:002010-08-19T16:58:47.255-07:00I'm with Fie: "Sorry, but I couldn't ...I'm with Fie: "Sorry, but I couldn't attend because there was no parking available." <br /><br />If you do go, you could make jokes to yourself about how they've mounted the wrong part of the deer on the wall. But just don't go.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-80655203316205937212010-08-19T16:09:18.498-07:002010-08-19T16:09:18.498-07:00Urgh. Those meetings sound maddening, let alone th...Urgh. Those meetings sound maddening, let alone the issue with parking.<br /><br />A virus is always a handy excuse. You could tell them that you had something like the still-undiagnosed virus I had a year ago this month. Afflicted me with all-over short-term arthritis. I was going NOWHERE and so could you!<br /><br />Good luck with all of this craziness. Fortunately, we're not summoned to any big meetings outside of our departments when term starts up.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-39221448746458289072010-08-19T15:23:46.724-07:002010-08-19T15:23:46.724-07:00Need an excuse to miss a meeting? Say you couldn&#...Need an excuse to miss a meeting? Say you couldn't find parking. Ta da! <br /><br />But seriously folks. <br /><br />Yeah, I get the California/driving/winter-hating thing. I grew up with winter (in Indiana), and still had trouble living with the kind of winter we had in Milwaukee. Now THAT is cold. Brr.Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-45186872864491249432010-08-19T15:08:06.142-07:002010-08-19T15:08:06.142-07:00OK, I'm going to make a really radical suggest...OK, I'm going to make a really radical suggestion here. How about . . . no excuse, just don't go? And if anyone asks, say vaguely, "Oh, I couldn't make it. How did things go?"<br /><br />Now I'm going to be trapped tomorrow in a meeting I don't want to be in because it takes place in the same room, immediately after one I have to be present for and before another one ditto . . . I'm wondering if I could manage a really long bathroom break. I am developing a seriously bad attitude about meetings, myself.<br /><br />And I hear you on the winterizing Californians bit, though in my part of the state, we did walk. But when it's 10 degrees outside, I'd drive next door, too. If I could get the car to start.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.com