There are meetings I go where I know they are going to be high jacked. Sometimes it can be the topic, but a lot of times it is a person. Some call them rabbit trails, whatever you call them some just can’t help themselves. No matter how small their part in the meeting they have to make anything that requires and time or effort on their part the biggest subject. I am not always sure that they know they do this, but other times I can’t help but think they do it on purpose. The pontificating level can be measured on a scale which mathematically can be stated as (ego x number of people in the room % effort really needed). I also find that depending on how technical the area they work in is, the more tech jargon they throw in to talk over everyone else in the room. The only hope is that the meeting is early in the day so you aren’t sleepy and not later in the week when you’re already full of a weeks’ worth of this manure. Luckily I am sitting in one right now, early on a Monday, but I think by the end of this one I will be well beyond my weekly quota.