Comment by c0mptonFP
3 years ago
Without interruptions, I would not be able to finish meetings on time. EVER.
Information exchange is always the bottleneck in larger organizations, so efficiency of meetings is really important.
I will interrupt someone if I understood their point, and we have different, more pressing items on the agenda. It's not a power play, not psychological warfare or bullying. I just want to get shit done on time.
Companies with a waiting culture get things done on time. You might perceive interrupting as being more efficient but interrupting has its own set of inefficiencies.
Ok, next time an engineer on my team can't stop himself from talking about his SIMD lock-free distributed queue, I'll just keep listening. Maybe I get to sleep in the office too.
In a waiting culture people almost never talk at length like that. They are eager to listen to other ideas. In fact, meetings are usually shorter.
It's also less stressful. And I almost never hear the kind of skeptical sarcasm you're using here. Both of which are nice.
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If only my fraternity brothers understood this during our meetings. So many hours wasted on off-topic ranting or the entire chapter discussing issues that should’ve been settled in committee (or one malcontent stalling the committee’s report)