Very Attentive Listeners

Very Attentive Listeners
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You know that feeling when you're explaining why the deadline is physically impossible because the API integration alone needs two weeks of testing, and the business team is nodding along with headphones that aren't even plugged into their ears? Yeah, that's basically every sprint planning meeting ever.

They'll sit there looking all engaged and professional, but the moment you finish explaining technical debt and refactoring needs, they hit you with "So can we launch tomorrow?" It's like they're running a simulation of listening without actually processing any of the input data. Classic case of while(meeting.isActive()) { pretendToListen(); } but the function body is just return;

The best part? They'll reference something you "agreed to" in that meeting, and you're left wondering if you accidentally said yes while explaining why it was a no. Communication: 0, Misunderstanding: 1.

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