Ugh. Crappy Meeting

I just finished an hour-long meeting that could not have gone any worse. It made me feel both happy and slightly nauseous. The meeting was to receive feedback on a seven page information piece I produced. It was one of the many pieces that were produced blindly because, most days, I have no clue what I’m doing. My role was basically to collect the information from various parties, put it together, create a few graphs and make the whole thing look presentable and in accordance with our branding. I did my job – and it did look quite nice. What the actual words meant; I’m not sure.

The meeting went a little like this:
Colleague: First of all Changa, I was wondering who is the target audience for this piece?

Changa: I actually don’t know. My role in the production of this piece was to gather information.

Colleague: I see. Were the sales people included in the process from the get-go?

Changa: I really don’t know. My role in the production of this piece was to gather information.

Colleague: Right. There are a lot of inconsistencies in the ILAP information…

----> After seeing my deer in the headlights expression

Colleague: You know… the Individual Large Amount Pooling?

Changa: I have no clue what Individual Large Amount Pooling is.

Colleague: oooookkkkk. Did you not write this piece?

Changa: Well, it’s more like I copied and pasted this piece and made some pretty graphs. However, I really know what these graphs mean.

Colleague: Hmmmm.

I spent the entire meeting happy and chipper and promised I would get to the bottom of this. Which of course I am… but the thought that I might never have to encounter ILAPs or EHBs or MAPs or ASOs or LTDs or any other insurance acronyms out there makes me all happy and shinny inside. The nausea comes from the thought that there is still a chance my plans will fall through. :-S