Does this remind you of every powerpoint briefing EVER?

2015-12-17T09:58:12-05:00

http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/12/thank-god-briefer-robotically-read-verbatim/?utm_source=Duffel+Blog+Fans&utm_campaign=5c2baa0bd0-Duffel_Blog_Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6d392bc034-5c2baa0bd0-23803917&goal=0_6d392bc034-5c2baa0bd0-23803917&mc_cid=5c2baa0bd0&mc_eid=a900ecfa17

We had our annual hostile work place/sexual harrasment seminar yesterday, it was pretty much this.

Thank God This Briefer Is Robotically Reading Verbatim

YOUR HEADQUARTERS — Praise all God or gods that may be, because lo and behold, there is a briefer to read literally every single word on the powerpoint slides. Even better, he’s not expounding or elaborating at all. Just a droning monotone, bullet point by remorseless bullet point, and you’re incredibly lucky to be here […]

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Dec 17 at 2015 10:00 AM

2015-12-17T10:00:27-05:00

Yes @PO3 I got that Duffel Blog email this morning. Death by PowerPoint seems to have not changed much except that the military uniforms of teh audience change every decade or so since the 1990s.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 17 at 2015 10:19 AM

2015-12-17T10:19:06-05:00

Personally, I would love to meet the person at Microsoft that developed powerpoint...........and hurt them very much bad.

Response by SGT William Howell made Dec 17 at 2015 10:35 AM

2015-12-17T10:35:23-05:00

PO3 Steven Sherrill I just got done with 3 days of OSHA training for my company. Just like the military. Freaking drone reading from the powerpoint. I would act like my phone was vibrating and I would leave for a hour or two and come back and it was just like I had not left. It was useless. When it was done and they had you take the post class survey I blasted him. Something like, "Instructor was not knowledgeable in instructon. I just spent 3 days being read to sleep directly from powerpoint. Reading verbatim teaches nothing. This could have been done in my underwear at my house with a text book. Thanks to the 2 speakers in the classroom I was able to get monotone in stereo. Would not recommend company waste any more money on paying you to read to us."

Response by SSG Clarence Blackburn made Dec 17 at 2015 9:35 PM

2015-12-17T21:35:07-05:00

Death by PowerPoint

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 18 at 2015 4:34 PM

2015-12-18T16:34:29-05:00

I reckon duffle blog is one of those tongue in cheek blogs, Personally I could do without ALL the cursing, but hey, it's military after all, so no real biggy there, I have sat in innumerable power points in the military and corporate america, (nursing), and in College, and yes, 95% of them are people who JUST READ BULLET POINT BY BULLET POINT. I'm surprised my ears didn't bleed. I did nod off a few times during these power points.