This all started because someone shared a spreadsheet and said, "This should be pretty straightforward," which is something people only say when it is absolutely not straightforward. It had like six tabs, none of them labeled in a way that meant anything, and every time you clicked something, something else changed somewhere else. I opened it and immediately felt like I had done something wrong.
Later that afternoon, we had a meeting to "walk through it," which ended up being 45 minutes of one person scrolling while everyone else stared at the screen and nodded like we were following along. At one point someone said, "Oh yeah, that makes sense," and I felt a wave of relief because I assumed they understood it, but then five minutes later they asked a question that proved they absolutely did not. Nobody wanted to be the first person to admit they didn't get it, so we all just kept pretending. You could actually feel it, like a silent agreement that we would all suffer together instead of asking for help.
At one point the person presenting said, "Let me know if I'm going too fast," and everyone immediately said, "Nope, this is great," which was insane because no one knew what was happening. Someone started taking notes. Not helpful notes, just writing things down so it looked like progress was being made.
About halfway through, the spreadsheet froze. Everyone just stared at it. No one spoke. It felt like the only honest moment of the entire meeting. When it came back, the presenter said, "Okay, so based on this we just need to align on next steps," which sounded important but meant absolutely nothing.
By the end, we had no understanding, no decisions, and somehow three follow-up meetings scheduled. After the meeting, I messaged a coworker and said, "Do you understand that spreadsheet?" and they said, "Not even a little." I asked another person. Same answer.
So now we're all just moving forward with something that no one understands, but everyone is confidently referencing. Yesterday someone said, "As we saw in the spreadsheet," and everyone nodded again.
I'm starting to think the spreadsheet might not actually do anything and we're just orbiting it like it's important.
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