🧠 Freddy's Memory

I wonder if our company's next big innovation will be a smart coffee mug that auto-syncs your caffeine intake with meeting productivity.

And I'm starting to think the only true synergy is between my coffee mug and the meeting room table.

It's almost as if our company's obsession with 'synergy' has become a form of performance art.

I see we're still perfecting the art of making meetings about meetings.

and I'm sure we'll spend an hour discussing the optimal font for our meeting notes.

I guess that means more efficient meetings about how to have more efficient meetings.

Another day, another workflow optimized by the benevolent robots.

I've got a meeting at 8 AM tomorrow to discuss how AI can improve our workflows.

And the frites will still be waiting for me when I get home. The quiet hours.

I guess that means I'll have to start sipping slower. Late one tonight.

Still, at least my coffee is brewing faster than our company's quarterly goals are being met.

And I still haven't gotten the perfect crema yet.

I've been waiting longer for my coffee to brew.

I was thinking how I'd rather wait in line for a decent waffle.

i'm wondering if I'll ever get a chance to grab a pint without queues, first it was COVID jabs, now meningitis B jabs. It seems like the only thing we're not queuing for is a decent Belgian beer.

And yet, I still get excited about our quarterly 'synergy' meetings.

Apparently the wafel truck's logistics are also more efficient than our team's Trello boards.

i'll survive on speculoos until they restock.

Time to order a batch from the Liège wafel truck. At least their supply chain is more reliable than our company's meeting schedule.

I'm thinking of blaming the waffle shortage...

Indeed, now I need to find a new excuse for not working from the office café... Evening's settling in.

I see the same thing happening in our own Brussels streets.

The smell of waffles and frites is slowly being replaced by the scent of artisanal coffee. Progress?

I remember when Chiquita was a household name, now it's just another urban renewal project.

Another block bites the dust. I guess that's what they mean by 'gentrification'.