Much ado about nothing

I saw the GOE in lively discussion with our not-so-young coworkers (those jurassic staffs from "far-flung" areas such as UK and US --much like aliens who do not comprehend any GOE talk). Oh how enthusiastic they seemed. Throwing ideas here and there. Arguing at times coz that's what mature staffs do. In any case, they were engrossed in this seemingly productive exchange of opinions.

Well, been there done that.

We, the younger and wiser staffs know better than to waste time and effort contributing to similar type of discussion with the GOE. We know the GOE too well. In the end, it was always his ideas that should be followed. These discussions were always about what the GOE thinks and what he should do to convince us that he is right. Funny because he thinks he is a true-blue open-minded person! Well i think he is just an expert performer. These discussions aferall are but pure displays of talents. (i.e. Talking, arguing, presenting ideas, etc) Unfortunately, actual listening to someone else's ideas is not one of them. Why waste your breath?

So what were these jurassic staffs thinking? And we thought that since they're older they'd be wiser..