You Can't Make This Stuff Up

I have worked in a corporate environment for nearly 15 years.  Today (Friday) I have just witnessed the most stupid meeting ever called.  As if yanked straight from a Dilbert cartoon strip, a meeting was called and a list of issues (Issue Register) was sent with the meeting invitation list.  The meeting was conducted over a conference call complete with remote PC meeting space where the Issue Register was displayed to all participants.

The call host began by saying that he would not be using the meeting to discuss the issues contained on the Issue Register, begging the question of why it was created?  How does he believe the issues would be be resolved.  He then wanted the meeting participants to weigh in on what this meeting, and the future series of meetings, should be used for. So my summary notes from the meeting are:

• Issue Register distributed to meeting recipients
• There was no known purpose for this or subsequent meetings. 
• Meetings will not be used to discuss issues
• Let the magic begin

I get paid for this.  You can't make this stuff up.