What time is the meeting?

[Smithy]

You get told that your noon meeting has been moved forward by two hours

What time is the meeting at now?

[Liam-]

10am

[user104658]

And yet, when the clocks go forward at 2am, you change them to 3am. :omgno:

[Josy]

10am

[Smithy]

Right well I’m sorry to inform you, you’re all wrong

[user104658]

Right well I’m sorry to inform you, you’re all wrong

False. Whether or not it's a grammatical or technical linguistic error, the correct answer is the one that's in common usage (because it's a very commonly used and understood terminology). Thus, moving a meeting forward means making it earlier.

[MB.]

What do you think "pushed back" means Smithy

[Josy]

Right well I’m sorry to inform you, you’re all wrongWhat's the answer then? :think:

[Liam-]

If you push something back, it’s going further away, if you bring something forward, it comes closer

[James]

And yet, when the clocks go forward at 2am, you change them to 3am. :omgno:

In that case the time on the clock is going forward. In this thread's case it is the meeting that is going forward.

[Firewire]

This is why you were banished to Guernsey

[Marsh.]

God how thick. If the meeting has been brought forward it's going to be earlier. FOOL!

[Ramsay]

.Wow am I dumb as ****?
2PM is ON FRONT OF 12 SO FORWARD. The clock goes forward not backward. Y'ALL ARE WRONG

[Ramsay]

Okay, I'm dumb as ****

[Crimson Dynamo]

2pm

[Cherie]

Moved forward 2pm

Moved back 10am

What is wrong with everyone if you are going forward you are moving ahead :omgno:

[Niamh.]

10am

[Niamh.]

Moved forward 2pm

Moved back 10am

What is wrong with everyone if you are going forward you are moving ahead :omgno:Moved forward means its happening earlier

[smudgie]

Moved forward 2pm

Moved back 10am

What is wrong with everyone if you are going forward you are moving ahead :omgno:

Yep. The meeting is being moved forward, not the clock/time.

[Niamh.]

Yep. The meeting is being moved forward, not the clock/time.Disagree, I've had meetings move forward and they've been in earlier rather than later

[smudgie]

Disagree, I've had meetings move forward and they've been in earlier rather than later

Very confusing.
I would say later or earlier.
Now my head needs unscrambling again.😂

[Niamh.]

Also, comparing it to changing the clocks isn't like for like. When you change the clocks either forward or back for daylight saving you're either changing them back in time (1am becomes 12am again or 12am jumps forward in time to become 1am) whereas in the meeting context you can't say you're moving a meeting back in time both forward and back happen in the future

[thesheriff443]

Let’s all go to guernsey and throw guernsey royal potatoes at smithy

[Niamh.]

Very confusing.

I would say later or earlier.

Now my head needs unscrambling again.[emoji23][emoji23]

[Kazanne]

Fore as in goes before ,so earlier

[Ammi]

...when a clock goes forward, it’s moved on in time by an hour usually for our time zone...when a meeting is moved forwards, it’s essentially brought forward ...so to an earlier time of 10am...

[Smithy]

https://www.tiktok.com/@asapscience/video/6839824480290819334

This is the video that made me ask this btw

[Ammi]

...I’m a stagnant person../..a time moving person..

[user104658]

Having worked in both large corporate retail and small social enterprise;

Everyone who is saying 2pm to be "technically correct" in linguistic terms is going to miss their 10am meeting :laugh:.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I'm there at 2 with a box of Tracker bars and a pot of decent coffee

All welcome

[Cherie]

Moved forward means its happening earlier

I would say ‘bring forward’ in that instance, but hell who arranges a meeting without confirming the time :hmph:

[Ammi]

Having worked in both large corporate retail and small social enterprise;

Everyone who is saying 2pm to be "technically correct" in linguistic terms is going to miss their 10am meeting :laugh:.

...it was a boring/pointless meeting anyway tbh...an hour of life I’ll never get back...next time I’m going to pretend I thought it was 2pm and just not attend...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Who has meetings anyroad

It's not 1993

:umm2:

[user104658]

Anyway since I know you all love to hear me harping on; here's why I don't think it's evern linguistically incorrect.

The idea that "moving it forward" must mean making it later is based on the assumption that one is talking about the way that the object ("the meeting") moves in a flow of time. Time progresses, thus, moving forward means "being later" in a linear progression.

However, if one isn't talking about the "flow" of time at all, but rather considering time/space to be allegorical and a fixed point in time to be a literal physical object, that changes things. Imagine time as a physical space - let's say a concert. Most people are centred upon themselves - "me" - as the point of reference, Object A, the performer on stage. Object B - "the meeting" - is out there somewhere in the crowd. When we say "Can Bob in row F come forward!" we mean, approach the stage.

Then when we say "bring the meeting forward" - we mean "bring object B closer to me, object A"... close the time gap between the fixed point "now" and the variable point "when the meeting is".


I assume this is all totally clear now and you are welcome.

[user104658]

...it was a boring/pointless meeting anyway tbh...an hour of life I’ll never get back...next time I’m going to pretend I thought it was 2pm and just not attend...

The real post-Covid answer is "The zoom call is going to start at 9:30 and you'll still be on it, silently hoping for death, at ten past three".

The meeting has no time. There is only meeting :bawling:.

[Cherie]

Who has meetings anyroad

It's not 1993

:umm2:

Can you tell my boss, have worked from hime for 19 years without so much as a phone call, suddenly it’s all worry about mental health, it’s actually affecting my mental health that they want managers to be in touch so much :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Having worked in both large corporate retail and small social enterprise;

Everyone who is saying 2pm to be "technically correct" in linguistic terms is going to miss their 10am meeting :laugh:.

:douf:

[Niamh.]

I would say ‘bring forward’ in that instance, but hell who arranges a meeting without confirming the time :hmph:

Yes Indeed, ffs Smithy :oh:

[Jordan.]

2pm voters got told don't bother coming to the next one

[user104658]

Who has meetings anyroad

It's not 1993

:umm2:

It's called Zoom LT, and they. never. end. I have literally had a meeting go from 9 - 12 with our English counterparts, a separate mini-meeting for an hour with the Scottish team, another hour from 3 to 4 and then a request for everyone to come back on for a quiz at 7pm. It's a torture device.

And then there's Microsoft Teams where people just "call up for a little chat". Send me an email!! STOP this madness!!

[user104658]

Can you tell my boss, have worked from hime for 19 years without so much as a phone call, suddenly it’s all worry about mental health, it’s actually affecting my mental health that they want managers to be in touch so much :laugh:

YES Cherie! Everyone I work with has always been office based, I've been working from home 3/4 (or more) of the time since I started. I liked popping in for an office day here and there to see faces and have a giggle but was mostly peaceful at home, drinking coffee and arguing on TiBB. No one ever called me. They messaged me on Teams or popped me an e-mail. I had a 20 minute video call with the CEO on a Monday morning.

Then ... Lockdown happened.

All of those people who were happily being social in the offices had to start working from home like I always have.

And they won't stop INTERACTING with me! Reeeee! Leave me alone! We go round the group on Zoom WEEKLY and everyone talks about how they're coping and their feelings, it's a nightmare. They even sent round a form for everyone to fill in to make sure we have all the equipment we need and proper chairs :joker:. No one cared before!

[Niamh.]

YES Cherie! Everyone I work with has always been office based, I've been working from home 3/4 (or more) of the time since I started. I liked popping in for an office day here and there to see faces and have a giggle but was mostly peaceful at home, drinking coffee and arguing on TiBB. No one ever called me. They messaged me on Teams or popped me an e-mail. I had a 20 minute video call with the CEO on a Monday morning.

Then ... Lockdown happened.

All of those people who were happily being social in the offices had to start working from home like I always have.

And they won't stop INTERACTING with me! Reeeee! Leave me alone! We go round the group on Zoom WEEKLY and everyone talks about how they're coping and their feelings, it's a nightmare. They even sent round a form for everyone to fill in to make sure we have all the equipment we need and proper chairs :joker:. No one cared before!

Ew gross

[user104658]

Ew gross

There was one time they got us to use a stuffed animal as a "talking stick".

Don't get me wrong, I'm still very grateful to be out of heartless corporate retail where I was a number (literally identified by employee number :umm2: ) and into a small close-knit team but...

...there's a line. There has to be a line :(

[Niamh.]

There was one time they got us to use a stuffed animal as a "talking stick".

Don't get me wrong, I'm still very grateful to be out of heartless corporate retail where I was a number (literally identified by employee number :umm2: ) and into a small close-knit team but...

...there's a line. There has to be a line :(

I'm in a family business so I can just tell them to piss off and leave me alone :hehe:

But yeah Gav works in a big pharma company, ruthless pack of ***** in that industry

[Shaun]

moved forward = closer to you (presently), is what I would assume

I wouldn't think it's been delayed without the word "back" in there somewhere.

[caprimint]

10am, but this took me ages to think about

[Cherie]

There was one time they got us to use a stuffed animal as a "talking stick".

Don't get me wrong, I'm still very grateful to be out of heartless corporate retail where I was a number (literally identified by employee number :umm2: ) and into a small close-knit team but...

...there's a line. There has to be a line :(

Oh dear God we are not at those levels yet, I would pull the plug and say my wifi had crashed if they ever pull that one :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

It's called Zoom LT, and they. never. end. I have literally had a meeting go from 9 - 12 with our English counterparts, a separate mini-meeting for an hour with the Scottish team, another hour from 3 to 4 and then a request for everyone to come back on for a quiz at 7pm. It's a torture device.

And then there's Microsoft Teams where people just "call up for a little chat". Send me an email!! STOP this madness!!

Well TS I am having a zoom thing on Sunday with 2 uni pals in England and one in Oz. My first such thing. Tbh I'm happy using WhatsApp but they seem enthralled by this new thing. It's at 12.30 so we can all drink


:hee:

[Doogle]

Time isn’t real

[Tony Montana]

10am.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I'm on holiday:amazed:

[JerseyWins]

10am

And half 2:00 is still 1:30. You never say half *something* and increase the number/time

[Ammi]

...you missed the meeting...it was on Wednesday, Jersey...we had two actually, one at 10am and another at 2pm and you missed them both...what were you thinking...

[JerseyWins]

:pipe:

Welp, time to file for unemployment

[Ammi]

:pipe:

Welp, time to file for unemployment

...:laugh:...(...actually the meetings were that we’re going to give you a large salary increase and bonus...)...it was a unanimous decision...

[Niamh.]

10am

And half 2:00 is still 1:30. You never say half *something* and increase the number/timeIts half past 2 though

[Daniel.]

Send anyone who voted 2pm back to school