[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/...24480290819334

This is the video that made me ask this btw

[Ammi]

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

[Toy Soldier]

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 .

[LeatherTrumpet]

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

All welcome

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Moved forward means its happening earlier

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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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 .

...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...

[LeatherTrumpet]

Who has meetings anyroad

It's not 1993

[Toy Soldier]

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.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...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 .

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Who has meetings anyroad

It's not 1993

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

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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 .

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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

Yes Indeed, ffs Smithy

[Jordan.]

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

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Who has meetings anyroad

It's not 1993

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!!

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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

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 . No one cared before!

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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 . No one cared before!

Ew gross

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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 ) and into a small close-knit team but...

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

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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 ) 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

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]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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 ) 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

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

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

[Doogle]

Time isn’t real

[Tony Montana]

10am.