How Meetings Harm Well-Being

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6. Had a micromanager

I was stationed in England in the late 80s in the medical clinic. My tour was for two years and in the second year we had a new clinic administrator, a Major, was a micromanager who had a mandatory meeting of the support officers every Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays that lasted at least two hours. As an NCO, I sometimes had to sit in for the OIC when he was on leave or unavailable. The Major's meetings were insufferable in that he wanted to know every detail that was happening in each section including who was on leave and when they'd return. At the end of my second year I went back to the States. About a year later, I was able to take leave and I went back to visit friends in England. I was able to fly on a hop, to and from, with a reserve unit who were spending their two weeks duty at the base I came from. I learned the Major changed his meeting to five days a week lasting three hours. I'm glad I got out of there when I did.