meeting agenda room
facilitator: "welcome to the meeting on how to hold a meeting to decide how to set an agenda for rebel worker 2's planning meetings."
meeting-goers: "yay!"
facilitator: "our first order of business is to set an agenda"
facilitator opens up a display board and stands next to it ready to add to it
facilitator (gesturing to empty display board): "our agenda for this meeting on how to hold a meeting to decide how to set an agenda for rebel worker 2's planning meetings, is wide open"
facilitator: "does anybody have any ideas what to add?"
crowd noise as people consider
somebody raises a hand
facilitator: "yes?"
hand-raiser: "let's discuss what to put on the agenda!"
facilitator looks at hand-raiser
neighbor to hand-raiser: "we really deliberated about this one a lot, i think it's what we should do"
hand-raiser nods assertively
facilitator (irritated): "that is what we are doing right now already."
facilitator (calming): "but maybe we should do it the whole meeting, or set a time limit for it ... !"
facilitator puts "discuss what should go on this very agenda" on the agenda for the meeting on how to hold a meeting to decide how to set an agenda for rebel worker 2's planning meetings.
facilitator: "or did you mean rebel worker 2's agenda?"
hand-raiser looks satisfied hand-raiser's neighbor: "no, this agenda! it's really, really, really, really hard to think about agendas. we need to remember it's what we're doing."
hand-raiser's neighbor holds their arms out wide hand-raiser's neighbor: "and maybe just realizing we're doing that is a big enough accomplishment for a meeting!"
facilitator looks at hand-raiser's neighbor, who exchanges eye contact with hand-raiser. agreement and frustration murmer through the crowd.
a second person raises their hand.
facilitator: "yes?" second person: "we need to figure out what kinds of things are building tension around the ideas of meetings and agendas. this is a great thing to discuss!" third person (speaking out): "we really need less organized meetings, like meetings where you can just put _anything_ on the agenda" facilitator: "you can put anything on!" suddenly the door busts down third person: "but i mean like artwork, or an ancestral yell, we've been through ungodly horrors" two government zombie workers and two torturers were pulling on the door with military strings to make it look like it suddenly was busted down. they get up and run through it looking all mean, as if they had just heard about the meeting and had to come and break it up. a cadre of prepared meeting-goers unveil a prepared sign for the torturers and government worker zombies. a veil falls revealing a giant "happy birthday!" sign and they let off party poppers and make celebrator noises. welcomers: "welcome to our meeting, boss representatives!" one welcomer: "we want to remind you that traffick boss is in hyperprison and rebel worker 2 is in charge." torturer (threatening body language): "we heard you were holding a meeting. we're here to bust it up."