[sleepybrett]

This is something great about video conferencing. Forced to attend a meeting that has no bearing on your work. If you are there in person, banging away on your keyboard the whole time in the corner is considered rude. On video conferencing you can just mute yourself, turn down the volume and just keep your ears perked for your name and keep working.

[petre]

In Japan it's socially acceptable to fall asleep during meetings.

[aix1]

Probably stating the obvious, but isn't being forced to attend a meeting that has no bearing on one's work is a sign of a pretty significant organisational dysfunction?

[muyuu]

it might be but it's still commonplace, and not just in America