Why do people bring notepads and pens to meetings

[JimKiler]

Why do people go to meetings without a pen and paper, claim they "got all of it" anyway, and then say "Oh I didn't hear that part" when later they fuck something up that was mentioned in the meeting?

So you Fuck something up after going to a meeting which has something important yet that important piece of info was not emailed out or given out in a handout?

 

[Ns1]

So you Fuck something up after going to a meeting which has something important yet that important piece of info was not emailed out or given out in a handout?

Why would it be emailed or given out? lol that's your responsibility to write that shit down

 

[blackdogdeek]

Why would it be emailed or given out? lol that's your responsibility to write that shit down

Or what if it was time-sensitive and was to be completed before any info from the meeting was emailed out?

Or what if it was a discovery that was made as a result of the meeting of minds within the meeting?

Neither of these has ever happened to you? What happens in your meetings?

 

[purbeast0]

I tried bringing a tablet to the meeting room, and for a while I simply recorded meetings...nothing was as fast as paper + pen.

pretty sure i can type on a laptop much faster than you can write by hand.

 

[dank69]

How does being engaged in the meeting require one to take less notes? If anything the opposite would make more sense.

btw

Is that nehalem's notebook? :hmm:

 

[Ns1]

pretty sure i can type on a laptop much faster than you can write by hand.

I usually run 80-120wpm but still prefer paper during meetings so I can just randomly freehand drawings and stuff. This is why I want a laptop with wacom-style stylus.

Neither of these has ever happened to you? What happens in your meetings?

I've only seen 2 types of people who act like the OP: useless attendees and VP's.