How To Handle Meetings When You’ve Got Nothing To Say: Twitter

“Let’s sit on this for now...’’

If you’v been drumming your fingers on the table top for the last five minutes, stuck in the meeting that should have ended an hour back, but still hasn’t, look no further!

From a treasure-trove of life-hacks, trolls and agony aunts, here’s another bunch of truth bombs. Twitter users huddled up to figure out the easiest solutions to long, boring meetings where you have nothing to say, or simply meetings in general, which can easily lull one into a stupor. What happens when your boss is expecting you to not just be super-alert but also chime in with occassional insights?

You are doomed.

Well, maybe not.

At least if you are playing it smart and keeping a few tricks handy. Apparently, there are a few one-liners you can resort to at any point during a meeting and get away with it!

Take a look:

The Evergreen ‘’We Need A Plan’’

Took 28 years to realise that no matter what the meeting is about, if you randomly chime in with 'it's just about finding that balance' people will always agree.

— Adam Hess (@adamhess1) March 21, 2018

Similarly, I find “It’s a double edged sword” works well.

— Jon Sutton (@jonmsutton) March 21, 2018

"We have to think carefully about this"

"There's no easy solution"

"We need a plan"

— Michael Seto (@MCSeto) March 23, 2018

Just Nod Confidently And Agree With The Boss

Just stop the whole meeting and say 'this needs an action point.' Done. Promotion.

— Engteach (@helpmeout66) March 23, 2018

😂😂😂 “Let’s play it by ear” is one I recently picked up https://t.co/8DQArTTw1f

— Dotun 2.0 (@DotunA_) March 24, 2018

Also : “please go back one slide....hmm interesting. Thanks.” https://t.co/clGZN63xzU

— Jefferson Aipoh (@MaffyMadeIt) March 24, 2018

And a confident "Absolutely" to the safest point being made by the majority of the people's who's voices matter

— Barry Fallon (@BarryFallon) March 22, 2018

The Infamous Box We Are All Trying To Think Out Of

‘Trickle down’ is a favourite

— Jon Sutton (@jonmsutton) March 21, 2018

“We need to think outside the box”

— Edward Staples Jr. (@FatherEd101) March 25, 2018

I think that if we look at this through a commercial lens then we can effectively square the circle (someone actually said this in a meeting last week, I literally had no idea what they meant)

— great aunt wunjot (@wunjot) March 23, 2018

Now that you’ve gotten the gist, you know what you should be saying to help retain your job!