this is horrible: my boss' boss was "impressed with my input"

[xfer]

and is making me get on a panel to talk about "LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLANNING" nonsense in front of the whole staff two days after i get back from vacation.

no extra pay or anything. and i've spent ever mandatory "strategic planning" meeting just agreeing and nodding my head. i don't have a clue what any of the stuff they're talking about is.

so i'm going to look like a clueless fool in front of the whole library, and make my boss look bad, and they'll all realise i'd been faking that i had read the stacks of papers and paid attention to the meetings all along. GAH.

 

[avi]

nobody pays that much attention to that stuff. just use lots of jargon and buzzwords and you'll be okay.

 

[xfer]

then i'll appear as mindless and stupid as i perceived the people doing the last panel discussion!

 

[lizard]

you've fallen prey to the "get noticed and then get more duties" phenomena.

memorize some cool phrases from http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/planning.html and you'll look like a really squared away strategic library planner, strategically.

 

[avi]

then i'll appear as mindless and stupid as i perceived the people doing the last panel discussion!

your point? at least you won't look WORSE

 

[xfer]

my worst fear is that i'll babble such nonsense they'll REALISE i'm purposely just babbling nonsense. i would be so fired.

 

[LuminousAether]

Whatever you do, don't utter the phrase "book burning."

 

[LuminousAether]

Also, talk about escalators as the "wave of the future" and make sure to request for special Segway scooter tracks.

 

[minxnim]

well, find someone else on that panel, and ask them ahead of time what their opinions are and ideas are. then work from those. (either disagreeing, agreeing, reworking etc) this is what i always do. everyone thinks i'm innovative, but i'm really just a lazy fuckwad.