three hours down the drain....

ok,so.......at the last minute i was summoned to our conference room to sit in on a videoconference using our new equipment....the videoconference was on...videoconferencing......and included useless equipment details.....as if i had any plans to actually change any settings.....and main thing to remember is to keep the speaker muted, as any talking when it is on causes the video-feed on the entire conference call to switch to you and your co-workers-and puts your picture right up there on the screen.....one of the health departments pointed their camera toward a poster of world cheeses, rather than at themselves sitting around a conference table.....i rather enjoyed that part...that and the slide about teleconference eddicate.....much as i am offended to be corrected by my family with regards to my failure to spellcheck this blog...i will freely admit that to see such a blatant mis-spelling was embarrassing......but mostly this videoconference on videoconferencing took up 3-hour block of time, and dealt out only 30 minutes of worthwhile information.....which could have been sent in an extensive email.....it is hard to believe that the savings in time and mileage will offset the investment in televisions, cameras, and other equipment..... and i relish my periodic drives to frankfort to attend trainings, as i can hit at least 2 goodwills either going or coming home.....i have only been in this job 2.5 years, and already i miss the good-old days......