Seminars: Telling you something you already know

I felt like I needed to upskill myself (good thing you read that phrase twice), so I went along to this conference especially for admin assistants, PAs and other underappreciated staff. Well it's about time I thought, something related to what I was doing, I felt so exclusive, walking into those polished offices. The conference cost $299, which I thought was completely over the top. I'd be expecting a morning and afternoon tea and maybe some canapes for lunch for that price. But no, what did we get? A lousy notebook and not even our own conference pen. Pathetic. For those of you who think I don't have a conscience, I did feel somewhat bad that this what was the company was getting for their money. So there.

Two different streams of lectures that they packed into the one day so that you'd be forced to buy the books to actually get anything out of it. I just felt like it was a whole lot of bullshit to be honest. Something I could learn from Dr Phil or Oprah in less than half the time. In one session, I even had to haul in another chair from another room just to sit. But don't worry, I gave them a piece of my mind on the evaluation form.

Would I go to another one of their seminars? Hmm. I'm not going to tell you something you don't already know.