If you are going to show up 15 minutes late to faculty meeting, please don't show up with a Starbucks coffee and sandwich in hand. And then proceed to consume them. In the front row.
Those of us who were on time mostly haven't had lunch either. At least eat your food before showing up late.
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I used your post for my own and linked to it. Just letting you know.
http://clarissasblog.com/2011/05/28/inconsiderate-or-not/
I must say I don’t particularly care if people eat or drink in faculty meetings, or if they are late for that matter. This semester I had an afternoon class that was ending 20 min after the faculty meetings began, so I was always half an hour late to the meetings (20 min overlap + 10 min held up by students or using the bathroom/washing hands of all the chalk…) Faculty meetings are pretty fluid at my place — people come in late or leave early. I don’t like people’s sandwich wrappers or bags of chips making noise, but that has nothing to do with being late, the noise is just annoying regardless. I don’t mind anyone eating or drinking per se.
My rules are more like:
If coming in late/leaving early, don't sit in the front row.
If class clashes with the faculty meeting complain until it gets moved, it defeats the point of the meeting if everyone can't be there
If coming in late because you weren't organised enough to pack a snack/buy food BEFORE the class before the meeting, don't try to raise issues that have already been covered or complain you don't get included in discussions
Try and eat quietly - unwrap your sandwich outside the room, at least.
5 min. isn't late!
Thank you!!! Love the bright colors in this one!!!
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