[michaelbuddy]

You want people to elaborate on the concept that standups "keep people aligned on the work"

Like you want a bunch of examples? How do you have some much patience for that if a standup interrupts your work?

Maybe you have them at the wrong time. We have one at 9:30 and it works. People who arrive early are pretty much cranking and the standup is a break from that. People who arrive later (me) show up and it's the first thing of the day goes with a cup of coffee or tea.

Any breakouts can happen right after, have those discussions at somebody's desk while you're already interrupted and THEN jump into the long stretch till lunch. I don't really see the interruption there.

Even if I get bored and dont' know what people are talking about some of the time, I'd say it'd be pretty selfish of me to claim that they are a waste of time. And it would also be stupid of me to think that something sent in an email or commmented on slack or lync is enough. I mean if you could send a message and everyone got it the first time, I think there wouldn't be a concept of marketing or advertising in the world. Sometimes people need to hear things twice.

I guess I'm just not big on keeping work in a black box. And I think it's comical and sad that we go to jobs and stare at screens all day. face to face interaction and having to express yourself to a group for a measly 30 seconds a day is a positive. It might even force a few of us to consider our appearance too. And frankly, I think I'm paid to answer questions and be available to people as needed, so a standup is meant to be an efficient way to do that and it's supposed to encourage brevity. If it's not, start communicating push it in that direction.