time management funny stories

Once there was a worker who was very bad at time management. He had a project deadline. He thought he could finish it in one day. So he kept delaying starting it. When the day came, he realized it would take at least a week. He had to work day and night for a week, with all kinds of comical mistakes due to being so rushed, like sending the wrong report to the boss at first.

Well, a typical element is misjudgment of time. People tend to underestimate how long tasks will actually take. Just like the guy who thought he could cook and be on a call at the same time. And then there's the lack of self - discipline. We see it in the person who snoozed their alarm for an hour instead of getting up early. Another common thing is unexpected interruptions. In the case of the team member who was always late to meetings because he was doing other things first, that was an unexpected interruption to the overall project schedule.

One funny time management story is about a team at work. They were given a project with a tight deadline. The project manager made a very elaborate schedule. But one of the team members was always late coming to the meetings. He said he was managing his time by working on other things first. But in the end, they all had to scramble at the last minute to finish the project because of his 'time management'. Another story is of a person who planned to exercise for 30 minutes every day. He set his alarm for it. But when the alarm went off, he would find all kinds of excuses like he needed to check his email first or the floor was too cold to do sit - ups on. So he never really got around to exercising regularly.

Well, there's the story of a lady who was always late for meetings. She bought a super - fancy planner to manage her time better. But she ended up spending so much time decorating the planner with stickers and drawings that she was even later for her meetings.

A teacher I knew had a box of 'punishment hats'. If a student misbehaved, they had to wear a really goofy hat for five minutes. There was a big, floppy clown hat and a hat with a fake parrot on it. The students would laugh at each other when they had to wear the hats, but it also made them think twice about misbehaving.

Surprise is a key element. For example, when employees come up with unexpected ways to react to change like the guy with the beach umbrella in the open - plan office story. It's the unexpectedness that makes it funny.

Sure. There was a manager who thought a 'team - building' activity would be a paintball fight. But he accidentally booked it at a kids' party venue. So, his serious - looking business team ended up playing with kids. It was chaos but also really funny.

Once, a teacher had a rule that students who talked out of turn had to sing a song. One boy was constantly chatting. So he had to sing. He was so shy that he sang in a really low voice, but it made everyone laugh.

Once upon a time in a project, the project manager planned a team - building activity. He arranged for a paintball session. But he got the location wrong. Instead of a professional paintball arena, they ended up at a children's play area with mini - paintball guns for kids. It was hilarious as the team members were much too big for the equipment but they still had a great time.

Sure. There was a manager who was always late for meetings. One day, he decided to set a rule that everyone should be on time. But when he walked in 15 minutes late for the next meeting, an employee said, 'We were waiting for you to break your own rule first.'