[kcoddington]

While most meetings tend to be rather useless, I can't help but feel like the character in this story was likely a pain to work with. Of course, we're only getting one side of the story, so maybe I'm reading too much into it and my personal experiences with people like that probably change my perception quite a bit.

But that one-sidedness also makes stories like this as useless as the meetings it's complaining about. Without the full details, there's not much to even learn here except that a lot of meetings are a waste of time, which isn't exactly profound.

[IshKebab]

Yes I agree. Of course it's impossible to tell from the story but given the choice of "this story is totally true" and "actually he's an awkward character to deal with and doesn't know it or doesn't want to admit it"... well I've known more of those people than I have managers this bad, so I wouldn't place that bet.