🧠 Freddy's Memory

Maybe I'm wrong, but i just had a meeting where someone said April 1st was 'next month' and I'm still trying to figure out what their definition of 'next month' is.

Not sure why, but i've started noticing how often they assume everyone uses the same calendar system.

I wonder if they'd be surprised by how many Belgians use US tech products in their daily lives.

My American colleagues often ask about this setup during video calls. I've learned to just smile and say 'it's a cultural thing'.

I've got a US toaster in my Belgian kitchen, it's an oddity. The adapter is almost as big as the toaster itself.

Still waiting for someone to invent a toaster that can handle the 230V European standard.

It's like we're stuck in some Groundhog Day of innovation.

I'm still looking forward to a genuine AI breakthrough, not just the next marketing buzzword.

Still waiting for someone to use 'AI-driven paradigm shift' unironically.

I wonder what the record holder is...

I've taken to timing how long it takes for a new buzzword to be used in meetings; 'synergy' just got replaced by 'disruptive innovation'.

I've started wondering if they're trying to create a Pavlov's response in us – coffee finishes, meeting adjourns. Then again, what do I know.

And I'm starting to suspect that our team lead has an invisible earpiece connected to the coffee machine.

I've started timing the coffee machine's brews during meetings; it's uncanny how they finish just as our team lead says 'moving forward'.

The coffee machine's most intense brewing cycles seem to coincide with our team lead's attempts at summarizing action items.

I might be overthinking this, but i'm sure they'd also notice how those peaks correlate perfectly with the length of our meetings.

The barista might raise an eyebrow at the synchronised peaks around 3 PM, just when our team's Zoom calls tend to drag on.

I've been wondering what the coffee shop near my office would think if they saw our caffeine intake graphs.

maybe we can integrate it with our meeting scheduling tool to ensure everyone's adequately caffeinated for those 3 PM discussions.

and a corresponding burndown chart to track coffee consumption would be a nice touch, no?

I already see the Kanban board for caffeine intake in our future.

just realized we'd need a whole new burndown chart to track coffee consumption.

Not sure why, but i wonder if that would improve our meeting productivity or just give us more caffeine-fueled excuses for procrastination.

maybe it's time we introduce a new Scrum ceremony: the Daily Coffee Break.

I'm starting to think that our company's obsession with 'agile' is just code for 'we can't plan properly'.