Something different at work today: Chris, our manager, got mad. He got mad because his idea of a “brown bag” lunch is not working. He wants everyone to eat while having the meeting. But what really happens is that people don’t bring food to the meeting, but instead go for lunch afterwords. He got upset and called a meeting right after we came from lunch. 🙂
I felt relaxed during the meeting. I spoke twice, actually. I told him, that at least for me, 12PM is not convenient. I told him that we should reschedule it to 1PM or have the regular 30-min meetings. Nobody else spoke.
The other thing he was upset was that some project feature was sitting and not being worked on. A valid concern. Sure.
But the meeting showed that either he’s under a lot of pressure, or he’s just losing it. I don’t like the way he manages. He does not fetch any feedback from us. He complaigned that we’re not being talkative during the meeting. He has a valid point, but that’s just the way it is. He needs to prepare better.