Our customer’s customer tells our customer that they suck.

He walks out of the room.

Our customer has fun passing blame.

Us dumb subcontractors sit quietly in the corner and don’t speak unless spoken to.

I have fun hiding behind the monitor while running the slides so no one can see my reactions to things.

I then get to deliver the best one-liner of the day:

Ed: “Geof, I need you to take a look at this schedule for me and tell me what you think it looks like.” He hands me the schedule.

Me: (pause) “Shit.” The entire table [thankfully, all TBE people] laugh uproariously.