Dinner Meetings

Okay, so when clients or colleagues have really important meetings, they are usually dinner meetings or lunch meetings, right?  Apparently sharing a meal means something important and significant is happening.  However, I don't think "meal meetings" are all that special.  When you have an important meeting and eat a meal at the same time, this is what I like to call "killing two birds with one stone" because you are both working and eating.  To me, it tells people they are not important enough for undivided attention. 

If I were a professional, I would conduct meetings separate from my mealtimes because I would want my clients/colleagues to know that I think their attention and needs are worth my full attention and time. 

 

What's that, you ask?  What about the food situation?  Won't y'all be hungrier and thus more distracted from pressing business issues at hand?  Well, to this question, I say "ha!"  I will, of course, provide munchies during my meetings.  I always find supplying guests with Peanut M&M's, Diet Coke, Oreo Ice Cream, and Goldfish increases morale and helps everyone get a lot done.