Few have benefited as much from the corona pandemic as Eric Yuan: The founder of the video conferencing service Zoom became a multi-billionaire as early as 2019, but the need to communicate at a distance has roughly quadrupled his fortune. But don't be jealous! Even he is struggling with the effects of his invention: During an event of the Wall Street Journal, which he was naturally connected to via video, he admitted that he had developed a certain "meeting fatigue" during the pandemic. In April 2020, he completed no fewer than 19 video conferences in one day - which he commented on with the sentence “I was so sick of it”. Since then, he has no longer set up digital meetings one after the other.
Even normal office workers want the power to simply say “no” to Zoom. While their parents used to allow them a maximum of 30 minutes a day in front of a screen (“You get square eyes otherwise!”), Many are now forcibly stuck in a loop in front of the PC. It almost seems like self-defense to pass the time a little to stay awake. “Bullshit Bingo for Meetings” is the name of the new discipline, the rules of which are haunted by social networks.
For example, a playing field consisting of five by five boxes lists 25 different terms that are often used in meetings, but which often hide a lot of nonsense, such as "pragmatic", "global player", "customer-oriented", "synergy", " value-adding ”or“ benchmark ”. If a listed term is mentioned, the corresponding box may be ticked. The first person to land five hits in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line calls out “Bingo!” But better not too loud! Fortunately, Zoom offers the option of “mute”. Otherwise the manager will soon switch to playing with the “sinking ships” department. And then it is clear who is the first to say: "Hit, sunk."