Anger
At the long questions from the audience
At the long queues in the bathroom
At the small font sizes on the slides
At finding there’s no way out when a loo break is needed At your name being spelt wrong on your ID card
When the phone battery goes dead and you can’t tweet
Contempt
For the notes takers
For the front benchers
For the over dressed girl
For the fake accents
For the ones who don’t keep the phones on silent
For the over enthusiastic i-am-a-questionnaire person
Fear
Of long boring presentations
Of not getting place in the back rows
Of eye contact with the speaker when he is asking questions
Of being caught sleeping during a post lunch session
Of meeting someone whose request you have been ignoring on Linkedin
Disgust
At the poor goodies bag
At the guy who eats all the mints in the bowl
At the credentials presentations from the podium
At someone taking your chair when you went to the loo
At people burping (and worse) after the lunch break
At a tall man occupying the seat in front during an interesting presentation
Happiness
At the free booze
At the end of the session
At bunking sessions for a reunion with old friends At finding an empty seat when getting in late
At getting a seat next to a lovely lady
Sadness
At going back to work
When all the cream biscuits are gone from the coffee counter
Surprise
At the delegate fee
When you turn up in jeans and find everyone else in suits When the morning session starts on time
At the number (or lack thereof) of people attending a session That people still call you ‘baldy’ even after a new hair transplant