Do you enjoy all-day trainings as much as I do?

@TheHorse (219080)
Walnut Creek, California
August 30, 2016 11:57am CST
We have an all-day training today. Or is it an all-staff meeting? It's one of those things I go to and think: Yes, the work we do is important. Yes, domestic abuse has negative effects on the kids. Applause for so-and-so, who has been with the organization for 25 years. Yes, I had to cancel my afternoon client for this meeting. Thank goodness the coffee is good. I hope they have Swiss cheese to go with the ham. Do you enjoy all-staff meetings as much as I do?
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@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
30 Aug 16
Only if we were doing it in Monterey or something, lol.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
Now THERE's a nice idea!
@JudyEv (340489)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 16
Luckily I was never involved in many of these. I got to man the phones. Very important!
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
Slacker! You should have stood and faced the fire. I survived today by talking way too much.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
@JudyEv I spent the afternoon shifting the positions of my legs. My back hurts anyway.
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@JudyEv (340489)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 16
@TheHorse I would have been yawning my head off.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
30 Aug 16
when I worked in the library we had staff meetings I had to attend, I always thought of them as lady dog meetings'in' that someone would always bring up nothing but complaining.to me it was so irritating as we had a great staff'and most of the library patrons felt we all did a'great job,.
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@vandana7 (100314)
• India
30 Aug 16
Wow...only Pony likes those meetings..ha ha
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
@vandana7 I also enjoy root canal surgery.
@celticeagle (167211)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Aug 16
We used to have a lot of meetings but it kept the communication lines open and I rather enjoyed the break. Hope they had Swiss cheese to go with the ham.
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@celticeagle (167211)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Sep 16
@TheHorse .....You have to do what you have to do. Eating is one must.
@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
The humanity--there was no lunch there! I jumped on the string cheese and bananas before others could get to them.
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@moffittjc (121621)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Aug 16
I cringe at having to sit through all-day staff meetings. To me, they are the biggest waste of time. Thankfully, at my work we only have to do it about once a year. Most of our other "long" staff meetings are kept to under a half a day. Although, the one benefit of the all-day meetings are that our bosses treat us to lunch! lol
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@moffittjc (121621)
• Gainesville, Florida
31 Aug 16
@TheHorse Hope you found some delicious offerings!
@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
I'm about to head over there and check out the food and beverage scene.
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• United States
31 Aug 16
It's shocking how little sense they think their employees have. Most staff meeting topics are insulting. So are the seminars they send teachers to, some are even mandatory. When the state decided to send all teachers to learn about other cultures (because they think teachers live in caves) they made the seminars mandatory for foreign language teachers too. Boy, were we all ticked. We were degreed, credentialed and experienced teaching this material. Eventually, so we wouldn't go on strike, they excused us.So no, I don't enjoy them either.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
Had you gone on strike, they would have tried to frame you as insensitive racist pigs. But, hey, I have a Certificate that says I'm Culturally Competent. So it must be so.
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• United States
31 Aug 16
@TheHorse Right. A foreign language department that is racist. Doesn't exist anywhere. We picked the subject to spend our lives teaching. Who does that if they hate different racial or ethnic groups?
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
1 Sep 16
We had a lot of all day training classes when I worked at Headstart on Friday's. I was ok with them...they fed us a good lunch too. They ranged in so many ways on what the training was about.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 16
I've been to some decent trainings. This one was pretty useless. But we all survived.
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
31 Aug 16
I think it depends on what the agenda is but I usually don't. A few years back I attended a training to be an environmental officer for 5 days and that's from 8-5. I got headaches every single day from stress and the only way i knew to relieve that was to garden upon arriving home. It was at that time i discovered that touching the soil actually relieves stress.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
Maybe that's why I enjoy gardening so much!
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@yalul070 (1713)
• Manila, Philippines
31 Aug 16
It depends on what I'm training on. But I sure prefer all-day trainings than all-day meetings. At least in the former, I learn something.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
Today I learned that my back hurts if I sit too long. But I already knew that.
• United States
31 Aug 16
i despised 'em myself. always seemed like a huge waste 'f time'n resources.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
I was right! Bananas! I got to the string cheese early, so the event wouldn't be a total waste.
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@garymarsh6 (23405)
• United Kingdom
30 Aug 16
It is nice to catch up with colleagues sometimes but to be honest I would much rather just get on with my job although I know some people thrive on going to meetings and avoiding the work load. When they have a senior managers meeting It amazes me how much crap comes out and how very detached and removed from reality some of these senior managers are from what is really happening at ground level.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
My thoughts as well. It's actually be kind of fun to see everyone, but I get bored by presentations and such. I think the Admin is more in touch here than it has been at some other organizations I've worked for.
@NJChicaa (119698)
• United States
30 Aug 16
I'll be in your shoes on Thursday. I hate that stuff. Just put it all in a memo and I promise I'll read it.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
Yeah, I'll promise to read it too.
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@rina110383 (24492)
31 Aug 16
No, I get bored with meetings.
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Aug 16
I survived. But it drove me to drink.
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• New Delhi, India
30 Aug 16
Domestic abuse has effects on child totally agreed with you, I face this as a child
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
Sorry you faced it as a child.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
30 Aug 16
No here.Did you make the poor baby cry there(kidding)cute phot
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Aug 16
Babies cry as soon as they see me (kidding).