Earlier this week, I attended a conference for two full days in a row. When I got back to the office late afternoon and had some water, a colleague talked to me.
"Hey, I haven't seen you lately."
"I attended a conference, which was actually more interesting than I had thought."
"Then, didn't you obey the rule of 3Ss?" he asked something unfamiliar.
"Say that again?"
"Well, when you attend a conference, you've got to smile, be silent and sleep."
Gosh, I laughed aloud....yeah, I think the more technical the conference is, the more people tend to sleep. If the conference room is just too comfortably warm, sometimes it's so hard to stay awake.
But right...the Japanese, especially those living and working in Tokyo, tend to be so tired. Many take like 1.5 to 2 hours each way for commuting in incredibly crowded train. They do much overtime, tackle ever-getting more complicated tasks....and the list goes on and on.
So, boring conferences could be a life saver for them....??
"Hey, I haven't seen you lately."
"I attended a conference, which was actually more interesting than I had thought."
"Then, didn't you obey the rule of 3Ss?" he asked something unfamiliar.
"Say that again?"
"Well, when you attend a conference, you've got to smile, be silent and sleep."
Gosh, I laughed aloud....yeah, I think the more technical the conference is, the more people tend to sleep. If the conference room is just too comfortably warm, sometimes it's so hard to stay awake.
But right...the Japanese, especially those living and working in Tokyo, tend to be so tired. Many take like 1.5 to 2 hours each way for commuting in incredibly crowded train. They do much overtime, tackle ever-getting more complicated tasks....and the list goes on and on.
So, boring conferences could be a life saver for them....??
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